Storing medical information below the skin’s surface
news.mit.edu
MIT researchers have developed a novel way to record a patient’s vaccination history: storing the data in a pattern of quantum-dot dye, invisible to the naked eye, that is delivered under the skin at the same time as the vaccine.

Seems very patronizing idea tbh - “oh you can’t possibly know when you got the vaccine, we better make tattoo for you with invisible ink”

Also gates and koch foundation feeling very strongly about africa :soviet-hmm:

  • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Unfounded concerns about undisclosed "microchips" in medical products or vaccines is quite an old thing, way older than 2019 at least. Not sure if the origin could ever really be pinned down precisely.

    It's one of those things that's kind of possible, but only with a really significant and unrealistic cover-up.

    • plinky [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Ah, I thought I found first story that unites “gates”, “they’re gonna chip you” and “vaccine” in one place

      • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Oh I'm sure this story has been passed around related to COVID shots, and could be a significant source of recent unhinged sentiments about those particular medical products.

        Clinical data is my background, a firm that sponsors contract to collect outcome assessments (questionnaires/surveys) from patients for safety signals and regulatory approvals and whatnot. In the data warehouse, I see subject withdrawal reasons stating concerns about "chips" as early as the first year the company was in business, over 10 years ago.

        • plinky [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Damn, prolly I shrunk the kids is to blame then. Or who did nanobots in popular culture first

          • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            I do actually see nanomachines mentioned in year 0 also - though it's translated, from Scandinavia. Wouldn't be surprised if that one was kind of Kojima's fault...

    • KoboldKomrade [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Part of the origin is Evangelical Christians believing various technologies are the literal Mark of the Beast. Growing up I definitely thought they were gonna force microchip everyone and it was going to be the end times lol. Before that there were conspiracy theories about bar codes and something else I've forgotten at this point.