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VeriChip TV Ad Confirms Critics' Fears: They Want Everyone Implanted
VeriChip’s TV ad for its Health Link implantable microchip that connects to your online medical records has spawned a backlash on YouTube. Observers regard it as either part of President Obama’s secret Nazi plan to enslave us all or a sign of the coming antichrist.
The ad itself comes on like all drug advertising does — healthy, smiling middle-aged people describing the things about life they are thankful for.
But, to give VeriChip’s critics some credit, the ad clearly positions the VeriChip as something for everyone, not merely patients who are so deranged or damaged that having a chip to transmit accurate data might be useful.
