Health Sensors Misconstrued as Government Tracking ‘Microchips’
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A digital device company is developing gel sensors that would monitor the wearer’s health and could potentially help to detect future outbreaks of disease. But conspiracy theorists are falsely claiming that the sensors are actually COVID-19-detecting microchips that will be used to track people’s movements.
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A California company called Profusa is using federal grant money to develop sensors that would monitor the wearer’s health if they choose to use it.
Dr. Matt Hepburn, a Department of Defense infectious disease physician, mentioned the project in a “60 Minutes” episode reporting on various government projects aimed at ending the COVID-19 pandemic and preventing future outbreaks.
The show was careful to make clear that the
