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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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.-~/^^^^¤@ BUT THE SCANNER SHOWED GREEN, SO... @¤^^^^/~-.
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