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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·6 months ago95% is the lower limit of being fine. 80% is “You should go to a hospital. No, I mean by ambulance”
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoFor reference, I have what my doc calls “emphysema light” and was just in the local doc-in-a-box for my first go-round of COVID. My blood O2 was 97 and I felt short of breath. 80 sounds like I wouldn’t be moving under my own power.
95% is the lower limit of being fine.
80% is “You should go to a hospital. No, I mean by ambulance”
For reference, I have what my doc calls “emphysema light” and was just in the local doc-in-a-box for my first go-round of COVID. My blood O2 was 97 and I felt short of breath. 80 sounds like I wouldn’t be moving under my own power.