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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Feb 4, 2021, 06:28 PM Feb 2021

Microsoft prepares to make its Redmond campus a COVID-19 vaccination site

Microsoft committed last month to turning a building on its Washington campus into a COVID-19 vaccination site, and on Wednesday it offered more details of its plan. With many of its employees working from home due to the pandemic, some of the company's buildings are temporarily vacant.

"This is not going to be a site for Microsoft employees, this is going to be a site for people in the community," company president Brad Smith said in a Jan. 18 livestreamed conference with Gov. Jay Inslee.

Local clinics are relocating their vaccination operations to the conference center on the tech company's Redmond campus "to help reduce the burden on local health care facilities," Microsoft executive vice president Kurt DelBene said in a Wednesday blog post. It's covering the costs of this vaccination site.

The software giant is one of several companies partnering with the state health department. It'll also provide tech expertise and support to the vaccination teams, while coffee giant Starbucks will offer its expertise in operational efficiency, health care company Kaiser Permanente will help with planning, and retailer Costco will aid in vaccine delivery.

https://www.cnet.com/health/microsoft-prepares-washington-campus-covid-19-vaccination-site/

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Microsoft prepares to make its Redmond campus a COVID-19 vaccination site (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP
So it was all True!!!! Bill Gates is moving forward with his plan for world domination Dream Girl Feb 2021 #1
What always cracks me up about the MS microchip conspiracy theory is that many of the believers have Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 #2
But the microchips can do so much more than just track you... Dream Girl Feb 2021 #3
 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
1. So it was all True!!!! Bill Gates is moving forward with his plan for world domination
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 06:30 PM
Feb 2021

We will all be reduced to automatons

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
2. What always cracks me up about the MS microchip conspiracy theory is that many of the believers have
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 06:41 PM
Feb 2021

cellphones. They haven't figured out it's already easy to track them.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
3. But the microchips can do so much more than just track you...
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 07:37 PM
Feb 2021

The microchips can control your thinking. For example, you could suddenly become sympathetic to antifa or even BLM! You better hope somethings done quickly!

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