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    Putting Microchips in Vaccines Is a Terrible Idea, When You Think About It

    Let me explain.
    by James Heathers Jun 03, 2021 5 minutes
    Source: Adam Maida / The Atlantic

    I got my first COVID-19 vaccine recently. The whole experience was tremendously routine: I showed my registration, stood in a waiting area, saw a nurse, got the jab, waited 15 minutes in case of an adverse reaction, and left.

    Oh, and I got a button.

    The waiting period, of course, was when it happened.

    James, said the pestilential voice inside my head, while I was scrolling on my phone. James!

    What is it?

    What if they microchipped you? You know, Bill Gates, with the 5Gs and the Wi-Fis?

    Shut up, I’m looking at cat memes.

    James! You design wearable devices for a living. You know that microchipping someone is possible.

    Yeah, of course it is. They didn’t.

    So prove it, big boy.

    It’s true, I am the chief scientific officer of a data company that makes wearable devices. I’ve spent the past 15 years sticking tech on people, and in

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