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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 =:........
.........: (AND   UNOBTAINABLE)   ONES   DID:   THE :.........
.......... SUBSKIN CHIP THAT  WOULD LET  YOU  ENTER ..........
.......... %     (OR      LEAVE)     CITIES.      % ..........
.......... %                                      % ..........
.......... % 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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