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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.      ^ §§.§§§§..§
§§.§.§§§§. ^                                      ^ .§§...§.§.
.§§§§...§. ^ 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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