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USA TODAY The claim: COVID-19 vaccine syringes with RFID chips will be used to track who received injections and the recipients locations The federal government can track vaccine recipients with RFID technology, according to a Facebook claim by a conservative activist and blogger. An edited version of an interview with Jay Walker, then-CEO of ApiJect Systems America Inc., was posted Dec. 9 to the Facebook page of Elizabeth Johnston. She named the video Vaccine in Development with optional tracking microchip. Walker was asked about Project Jumpstart, a temporary emergency program in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Department, during a May 22 interview with CBN News, a nonprofit news organization that describes itself on its YouTube channel as providing The Christian Perspective. Walker, who became the company s executive chairman in July, said the project will ensure at least 100 million doses of the COVID- ....
Fact check: Syringes with RFID technology track vaccines, not recipients Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The claim: COVID-19 vaccine syringes with RFID chips will be used to track who received injections and the recipients locations The federal government can track vaccine recipients with RFID technology, according to a Facebook claim by a conservative activist and blogger. An edited version of an interview with Jay Walker, then-CEO of ApiJect Systems America Inc., was posted Dec. 9 to the Facebook page of Elizabeth Johnston. She named the video Vaccine in Development with optional tracking microchip. Walker was asked about Project Jumpstart, a temporary emergency program in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Department, during a May 22 interview with CBN News, a nonprofit news organization that describes itself on its YouTube channel as providing The Christian Perspecti ....