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Swedes Get 'Chipped' With Vaccine Passports
Interesting Swedish news piece about one possible way to carry your vaccine passport - namely, internally. Along with your vaccine.
Sweden: Get your vaccine passports in a chip in your hand or elsewhere under the skin.
— Sikh For Truth (@SikhForTruth) November 29, 2021
It is increasingly popular to insert an #IoB chip into the body with different types of data and now you can insert your covid certificates in the chip.https://t.co/woSzB6zeRC pic.twitter.com/6QWEYlgRlz
An early science-fictional use of the idea of being "chipped" or implanted with a microchip occurred in the legendary cyberpunk classic Neuromancer by author William Gibson:
M-G employees above a certain level were implanted with advanced microprocessors that monitored mutagen levels in the bloodstream. Gear like that would get you rolled in Night City, straight into a black clinic.
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