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.:-====%%§ § THERE  WAS A CROWDSOURCED  VACCINE,  § §%%====-:.
.:-=§%§@@@ §  THAT COULD BE CREATED REGIONALLY BY § @@@§%§=-:.
.:-=§%§@## §  MOST   PHARMACEUTICAL   COMPANIES   § ##@§%§=-:.
.......-§§ § WITHOUT  MUCH  EFFORT,  AND  IT  WAS § §§-.......
.:-=%§@### §  ESTIMATED   THAT  IT   HAD  SAVED   § ###@§%=-:.
.:-=§%§@## §     TENS      OF      MILLIONS.      § ##@§%§=-:.
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.:-=§%§@## BUT IT  WAS NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY ##@§%§=-:.
.:-=§%§@@@ THE  WORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION, AND  AS @@@§%§=-:.
.:-=§%§@## SUCH  DID  NOT GIVE  WHAT THE SANCTIONED ##@§%§=-:.
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.:-§%§@### SUBSKIN CHIP THAT  WOULD LET  YOU  ENTER ###@§%§-:.
.:-=§%§@## §      (OR     LEAVE)      CITIES.     § ##@§%§=-:.
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......:=§§ § AND THAT'S WHY, EVENTUALLY, WE WOULD § §§=:......
....:==%@@ § CREATE  OUR  OWN  CHIPS.  THEY  WERE § @@%==:....
.:-=§%§@## § LARGER THAN THE OFFICIAL ONES, AND A § ##@§%§=-:.
.:-=§%§@## §   LITTLE   UNSTABLE,  AND   NEEDED   § ##@§%§=-:.
.:-=§%§@@@ §   MAINTENANCE.  BUT  THEY  WORKED!   § @@@§%§=-:.
.:-=§%§@## § OR, THEY WOULD WORK TOGETHER WITH  A § ##@§%§=-:.
.:-=§%§@## § LITTLE SOMETHING TO MAKE  THE  GUARD § ##@§%§=-:.
.:-=§%%%@@ §     LOOK    THE    OTHER    WAY.     § @@%%%§=-:.
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