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Well, that's a interesting coincidence. The prizewinner in the OP also has a skin color that can't show infection by color. I wonder how many other medical tec
by alisonkisk 6y ago
Well, that's a interesting coincidence. The prizewinner in the OP also has a skin color that can't show infection by color.
I wonder how many other medical techniques are predicated on assumptions like the color of skin that don't work for everyone, and conversely how many medical challenges are literally invisible to most doctors.
- jfengel 6y agoPulse oximeters have been a notable instance just this year: 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 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/16/9472260... The problem has been known for some time, but has only been front page news recently. I don't know of any technological improvements to come of this yet, but I hope people are working on it. It might be exactly the kind of thing a bright high schooler could figure out.