Pentagon scientists invent microchip which senses COVID-19 in the body

[Nevilledog]

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William LeGate (ig: @legate)
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This will get the anti-vaxxers in a frenzy… the Pentagon has developed a microchip which can be implanted in the skin & detect the presence of COVID19

Pentagon scientists invent microchip which senses COVID-19 in the body
Scientists working inside the Pentagon have developed a microchip, contained in green gel (pictured) which is inserted below the skin and senses COVID-19 in the blood.
dailymail.co.uk
12:22 PM · Apr 12, 2021

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9460389/Pentagon-scientists-invent-microchip-senses-COVID-19-body-symptoms.html

Pentagon scientists working inside a secretive unit set up at the height of the Cold War have created a microchip to be inserted under the skin, which will detect COVID-19 infection, and a revolutionary filter that can remove the virus from the blood when attached to a dialysis machine.

The team at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have been working for years on preventing and ending pandemics.

They assess the issues and come up with ingenious solutions, which at times appear more from a science fiction novel than a working laboratory.

One of their recent inventions, they told 60 Minutes on Sunday night, was a microchip which detects COVID infection in an individual before it can become an outbreak.

The microchip is sure to spark worries among some about a government agency implanting a microchip in a citizen.

Officials who spoke to the 60 Minutes team said the Pentagon isn't looking to track your every move.

A more detailed explanation was not given.

Retired Colonel Matt Hepburn, an army infectious disease physician leading DARPA's response to the pandemic, showed the 60 Minutes team a tissue-like gel, engineered to continuously test your blood.

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[Runningdawg]

1. Well this should send the right over the edge. Next thing they will outlaw will be ALL injections.

[Initech]

9. This will get the conspiracy theorists' underwear in a wad for sure!

[Pisces]

2. I don't know about the right but I certainly wouldn't allow that under my skin.

[dutch777]

3. Could be a game changer if it gives immediate results off a drop of blood like blood sugar meters

Not down for the implanted thing, not because of tracking just don't need incisions and implants to get infected. But if it can give near time reading for active Covid could be a thing for pre-flight and other screenings for densely occupied places and spaces. The dialysis capability would also be a real treatment game changer.

Understandably the military has been mum on Covid infection rates in the ranks, but with readiness of the force always top of mind for the Pentagon, whether it is this coronavirus or the next one, understandable why they went down this research path. It is not being mentioned, but I am sure there is concern that a bad actor like North Korea or a terrorist group could weaponize a Covid like virus and how we could respond to that without millions dying and it being a complete economic train wreck.

[meadowlander]

6. My dad had a little pack he wore in his vest

that took continual blood sugar readings that could be monitored on everyone's iPhone (sorry, can't remember the name and too lazy to Google it).

There's no actual difference between that and a miniaturised version that's small enough to go under the skin except for people's conditioned response to get the creeps from the latter. If they made a tiny version that people could easily remove themselves whenever they wanted to then they might get some buy in.

[roamer65]

4. Implant these chips in anti-vaxxers.

With a indicator on their skin.

Sorta like the pop up thing on a turkey.

[dweller]

5. Is this the booster

we’ve been told about 🤔

✌🏻

[Haggard Celine]

7. My gut reaction is to not trust anything

that comes from DARPA. I'm sure they do a few good things, but they have been accused of doing some scary shit. If there's an agency that is coordinating with the bad aliens to take over the world, DARPA would be my first guess.

[Azathoth]

11. The Internet originated as a DARPA project

Like NASA, a lot of interesting civilian technology has come out of them over the years.

[Haggard Celine]

14. Yeah, some of it has changed the world, even

for the better. My statement was about conspiracy-related stuff I've heard over the years about their experiments with mind control and development of unconventional methods of control over crowds and such. It was a little bit tongue-in-cheek because of all the stuff we're dealing with now with this Q shit and all. I've become less and less prone over the years to believe in most conspiracy stuff, but every once in a while I hear about something that makes my spine tingle. After all, even if a conspiracy isn't true, it's sometimes rooted in truth and that's why I get that feeling. Sorry for the lengthy response.

[TheRealNorth]

8. If they could make something like this for cancer

Then I might consider it.

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. Has to be a bio-sensor integrated to the microchip.

how is this thing powered? Interesting technology that certainly will be a game changer on moniotoring medical problems.

[Klaralven]

12. I don't see how they get that through the less than 0.5 mm inside diameter needle?

And if you have 5 in a vial, how do you get exactly one in each shot? Tricky...

[Hekate]

16. You must not remember doctors' office needles from before AIDS. They were larger, they were...

....re-useable, and the doc had to re-sharpen them from time to time which meant they got dull in between times.

When someone makes a joke about “then the doc came at me with a big ol’ horse needle,” that’s what they mean.

I used to think I was just imagining it that injections had gotten easier and a lot less painful since I was a kid in the 1950s-1960s, and then it occurred to me the change had come about when everybody changed over to one-use needles.

I’m sure someone in the medical field will come along and correct all my impressions, and I will thank them in advance.

[Klaralven]

18. I remember getting penicillin shots in the 50s from those old big hypodermics

Later, around '80, a friend worked on software for a needle testing system that measured the forces on the needle as it penetrated the skin. The customer was attempting to improve needle tip design so that they would go in with less force (and presumably less pain).

[Stinky The Clown]

13. I think this is a good thing. A breakthrough technology with broader application and I would . . . .

. . . . allow it in my body.

Yeah, I know. DARPA. OOOooooOOOO. Boogieman.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

15. If it detected

Anything in my body that is harmful to me in my blood and could stop it
from harming me via dialysis I'd be for it.

Detect and help remove viruses,toxic bacteria,metals ,chemicals, other organisms,toxins and keep my blood clean. I'd be for it.

If it had nanobots that could fix bodily damage,like my pancreas,my damaged neck and back and repair damage due to aging,trauma,chemicals,meds etc.. I would get it because it would be miraculous technology.

[Hekate]

17. Is this going to make my 5G reception better?