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63. What Medicine Gets Wrong About Race

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Pulse Oximeters and COVID - What's Happened?

Pulse oximeters are slightly less accurate in black patients than white patients. Even smaller differences in oxygen saturation readings can have a big impact on patient care. The Food and Drug Administration, the FDA, has really gotten serious about the problem.

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