I'm not going to bother with the quotes I'm responding to, or with avoiding repitition, but here's my input to the conversation since my last post:
These wouldn't contain any information besides a number, that the doctors could use to look up the actual information, that they already have (unless you're so paranoid that you've avoided letting the doctors know your allergies... Don't want the NWO injecting you with peanuts or penicillin). Anyone who could use this number to get your information, could get your information anyway if they knew your name.
Microsoft products hold almost all our information anyway. All this information is stored on
computers in the hospitals, most of which probably run windows. This holds true in the UK as well. These RIFDs don't hold any information, besides a number which can be used to look up your name.
The RIFDs themselves don't pose any health risks, you're just carrying around a tiny bit of metal. Just avoid walking into giant microwaves. It isn't any more dangerous than keeping a coin in your pocket.
If the act of scanning the RIFD chip is dangerous, then we're all already dead. So many waves of all kinds are flying through the air at all moments. People scared of cell phones are wrong. Why did you ask "Does anyone know of any health risks?" That sounds like you're actively
looking for something to object to, in this thing specifically. When you see a new calculator for sale in the store, you don't turn to your friends and ask, "do you happen to know of any way that calculator might hurt people who buy it?"
All these things are is a simple way to keep identification on you at all times, in case of emergencies. It's for another kind of paranoid people, who are always worried about getting hurt. The only part that freaks you out is the fact that they keep it under their skin. This thing could just as well be a bar code on an anklet, but this is more convenient because you can basically ignore it. They're not forcing anyone to get these things.
Furthermore, there is no news here: VeriMed has existed already, and so has HealthVault. HealthVault has kept a bunch of medical records for its customers for a while now. VeriMed has always provided medical identification, for its customers. All that's happening right now is that the two systems are being made compatible.
Aslo... (and finally):
What the hell is that website you linked to? And do you read this regularly?
"hopefully willing participant" "the idea of being electronically indexed" "human-implanting" "remarkably reluctant to be serial-numbered" "the poor souls who've already succumbed to having chips embedded in their arms". <--that last one is especially good.
