Seems like a good idea to keep one on hand. Probably unnecessary until you feels symptoms, but you wouldn’t want to need one and find them out of stock at CVS.
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Seems like a good idea to keep one on hand. Probably unnecessary until you feels symptoms, but you wouldn’t want to need one and find them out of stock at CVS.
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Sailer’s been covering that, see here and here.
And oxygen concentrators, also not very expensive (~$180.00)
I find my pulse oximeter useful. I got it as a check for pulmonary function after heavy exercise at high altitude – a useful measure of fitness. Also, I often go over 12k in altitude, so it’s a useful check for high altitude sickness. In my case, it was just reassurance (I live at 7k feet, so I’m acclimated) but for anyone who lives at under a mile in altitude, I very much recommend one before heading for high altitude areas (Lake Titicaca, Machu Pichu, Pikes Peak, etc. etc).
So, even without the Wuhan Virus issue, I recommend getting one.
One huge caveat: if altitude is a factor, DO NOT go by the usual guidelines for blood O2 percentage. It will be lower at high altitude (and you can find conversion tables online, but, take them sceptically). This is especially true if you are at high altitude (especially over a mile) while acclimated to near sea-level altitudes. Also, accuracy suffers below 80% concentration. If you’re at high altitude, get a baseline reading while healthy first.
I searched Amazon for these. None were on Prime. Many had no price, which I assume means Out of Stock. Of the rest, Those that had more than a couple of reviews had majority bad reviews. I assume those with small numbers were new offerings, because if you are in the Amazon retail game and your product gets many sucky reviews, you delete it, change it slightly, and re-post it as a new product and sell as many as you can before the bad reviews start rolling in.
By the way, medical professionals on both sides of the reviews, some saying they were wonderful, some saying they were grossly inaccurate. Buyer beware, I guess.