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#@¶@§=†-^¨                                          ¨^-†=§@¶@#
#@¶@§=†-^¨                                          ¨^-†=§@¶@#
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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   = ¨^-†=§¶@##
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@¶¶@§=†-^¨ THE WORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION,  AND  AS ¨^-†=§@¶¶@
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##¶@§=†-^¨ (AND   UNOBTAINABLE)   ONES   DID:   THE ¨^-†=§@¶##
¶§=†^¨¨¨¨¨ SUBSKIN  CHIP THAT  WOULD LET YOU  ENTER ¨¨¨¨¨^†=§¶
@@¶@§=†-^¨ =     (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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¶¶@§§=†-^¨                                          ¨^-†=§§@¶¶
##@@§=†-^¨   BUT THE SCANNER SHOWED GREEN, SO...    ¨^-†=§@@##
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#@¶@§=†-^¨                                          ¨^-†=§@¶@#
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