I just found out about this. I hate that tech is racist af and doesn’t seem to give shit. Is there any Oximeter that works on dark skin at all?

“Pulse Oximeters Can Give False Readings In COVID-19 Patients With Dark Skin : Shots - Health News : NPR” https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/16/947226068/dark-skin-can-lead-to-errors-with-pulse-oximeters-used-in-covid-19-treatment
Devices Used In COVID-19 Treatment Can Give Errors For Patients With Dark Skin

Fingertip devices that measure oxygen in the blood can sometimes give erroneous readings in people with dark skin, doctors report. The devices can say oxygen levels are normal when they're not.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/16/947226068/dark-skin-can-lead-to-errors-with-pulse-oximeters-used-in-covid-19-treatment
This is a real question. Has anyone found an oximeter that works on dark skin? Preferably one that private people can get, not a hospital version for $2000 (if that even works)
My friend is a Cancer Pathology Professor who just put one of these in the mail for me when he heard that I have to go to work before I can get vaccinated. Says he and all of his colleagues carry them and then he sent me a link to this, which I slept on: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/why-covid-19-patients-should-be-going-to-hospitals-sooner/
Why COVID-19 Patients Should Be Going to Hospitals Sooner

Dr. Richard Levitan, an airway specialist who has practiced emergency medicine for over 30 years, is well aware of the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the virus began to overwhelm New York...

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/why-covid-19-patients-should-be-going-to-hospitals-sooner/
So no, I don’t really care what you all think of Oximeters, I’m going to listen to the dude who is a professor doctor doctor. But what pisses me off is that I share this with friends and then half of them tell me “yeah, they don’t work on us...because racism”. Shame.
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