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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 ^ §§...§§.§§
..§..§§... ^     LOOK    THE    OTHER    WAY.     ^ §.§..§.§§.
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