Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 11, 2021
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Change in fair value of warrants	$ 300,000
Honest Health Limited
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, range of outcomes, value, low		$ 0
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, range of outcomes, value, high		3,300,000
Potential earnout payable		$ 10,000,000.0
Public Warrants
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share price (in dollars per share)	$ 3.35

Reverse Recapitalization, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Range Of Outcomes, Value, High

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Reverse Recapitalization, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Range Of Outcomes, Value, Low

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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