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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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