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I wonder if we'll see a kind of 'vaccine as a service' economy, in which our immune systems require regular maintenance to active threats (more so than flu shot
by sva_ 5y ago
I wonder if we'll see a kind of 'vaccine as a service' economy, in which our immune systems require regular maintenance to active threats (more so than flu shots.)
Not looking forward to it.
- version_five 5y agoAccenture and IBM and all the other bottom tier software configuration consultancies must be foaming at the mouth at all the opportunities to implement tracking of increasingly confusing sets of rules for who is allowed to go into the office. The main thing (other than violate peoples rights) that these things accomplish is create work for legacy enterprise software companies.
- geoduck14 5y agoCan we store it in a mainframe? Asking for a friend
- smokelegend 5y agoWhere there is a will, There is a government contractor lurking in the shadows ready to pounce.
- dane-pgp 5y agoPerhaps Germany could reuse some of the IBM technology they bought 88 years ago for a similar purpose.
- LinuxBender 5y agoQR codes on the arms this go around?
- version_five 5y agoIts obviously of a different magnitude, but it's interesting (scary) to see the parallel that once a state wants to do something, regardless of the morality, companies line up with proposals on how to do it, without any thought for if they should be helping repress people or violate their rights. I hope when we wake up from our collective delusion the companies that are enabling this will be held accountable, I also know there is no chance of that
- proc0 5y agoThere's nothing to wonder. It's in the "health pass" specs from WHO, which I reviewed. It leaves space for future treatments. If you see what's going on in parts of Europe and Australia, it's pretty obvious what the intentions are.
- mannanj 5y agoYou, my friend, sound like a pro nazi, conspiracy theorist, trump supporter, anti vAx, murderer. Don’t ever doubt my beloved authority figures again: they are the only ones who can find me the answer to return to Normal. What do you think, that you’re some kind of critical thinker or something? I think we should leave that to the ones who are qualified to do so.
- dang 5y agoWould you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly, and we ban that sort of account. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- pbak 5y agoIndeed, And the health pass of today will be part of the carbon/health/credit/social pass of tomorrow. See initiative by GAVI/B&M Gates/Mastercard in Africa.