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@@@$$^=~,. ^ THERE WAS A CROWDSOURCED VACCINE, ^ .,~=^$$@@@
#@^~~~,,.. ^ THAT COULD BE CREATED REGIONALLY BY ^ ..,,~~~^@#
#@@^^^=~,. ^ MOST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ^ .,~=^^^@@#
##$$==~~,. ^ WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT, AND IT WAS ^ .,~~==$$##
###@$^=~,. ^ ESTIMATED THAT IT HAD SAVED ^ .,~=^$@###
###@$^=~,. ^ TENS OF MILLIONS. ^ .,~=^$@###
###@$^=~,. ^ ^ .,~=^$@###
@$$=,,,... BUT IT WAS NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY ...,,,=$$@
@^=====~,. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND AS .,~=====^@
###@$^=~,. SUCH DID NOT GIVE WHAT THE SANCTIONED .,~=^$@###
###@$^=~,. (AND UNOBTAINABLE) ONES DID: THE .,~=^$@###
###@$^=~,. SUBSKIN CHIP THAT WOULD LET YOU ENTER .,~=^$@###
###@$^=~,. ^ (OR LEAVE) CITIES. ^ .,~=^$@###
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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 ^ ..,,~~=^@@
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