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Mosby

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2. the light goes thru the nail, not the skin

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Thu Jun 2, 2022, 10:35 AM

Jun 2022

and a 1% diff is like getting 98% instead of 97%.

not a significant difference.

test it yourself, put it on and off, you will get a 2-4 percent difference with the readings. Its a retail product, not a piece of lab equipment.

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