(SNews) – Several lawmakers across the country have been taking steps to ban the use of microchip implants in humans.
Over the years, experts have been raising the alarm over the risks associated with implanting microchips in humans.
A 2020 study with the American Society for Surgery of the Hand indicated that RFID chip implants may carry potential health risks such as adverse tissue reaction and incompatibility with some magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology.
Several social scientists also are apprehensive about the risks to privacy and human rights if the body becomes a type of “human barcode.”
According to microbiologist Ben Libberton at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, chip implants can reveal sensitive personal information about your health and even “data about your whereabouts, how often you’re working, how long you’re working, if you’re taking toilet breaks and things like that.”
Despite the concerns for public safety and privacy, powerful groups and individuals, including the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Bill Gates, are pushing for the technology to be rolled out to the masses.
If this concerns you, it may be a good idea to stay informed about what’s happening where you live.
In January 2023, a report from The Hill proclaimed that “Human microchip implants take center stage.”
Here’s how that article begins:
The novelty of replacing one’s ‘home key’ with a microchip implant is gaining worldwide interest, but there’s another more compelling story under the surface.
Why is this technology — an integrated circuit the size of a grain of rice — reviled by some and celebrated by self-proclaimed human cyborgs?
Arguably, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet offers the most elegant explanation: ‘Nothing is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.’ However, it would be prudent to tell Prince Hamlet that not all microchip implants are designed alike, and understanding the technological design enables one to better evaluate the competing viewpoints.
Today, more than 50,000 people have elected to have a subdermal chip surgically inserted between the thumb and index finger, serve as their new swipe key, or credit card.
In Germany, for example, more than 2,000 Germans have opted to receive these implants; one man even used it to store a link to his last will and testament.
As chip storage capacity increases, perhaps users could even link to the complete works of Shakespeare.
The idea of implanting humans with microchips has become increasingly prevalent in the media.
Back in March of last year, Wired magazine published a video on “The Science Behind Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip.”
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