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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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.....:~:*@ THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND AS @*:~:.....
......:~:* SUCH DID NOT GIVE WHAT THE SANCTIONED *:~:......
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.......:~: * (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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