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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.     $ #£$^-~....
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..~-^$£### $ 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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