Would you agree to have a sensor injected under your skin ?

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The US military's storied DARPA agency is backing development of a sensor meant to be injected under the skin to monitor for COVID-19.

According to the agency — which has backed futuristic endeavors like laser weaponry, flying trucks and robot animals — the sensor continuously monitors vital signs and can flag an infection up to two days before symptoms appear.

The agency is exploring whether the sensor could be given members of the US military. When coupled with a receiver worn outside the body, it can set off an alert when something is wrong, the developers told Insider.

These sensors make it possible to detect, in 'real time' and over long periods of time, changes in the body's chemistry," Jared Adams, chief of communications for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), told Insider in a email.

The sensor is made up of two parts: a small strip of hydrogel injected under the skin. The strip is tiny, about a 10th of an inch in length. (Hydrogel is same type of material that is used in soft contact lenses.)

Then, outside the skin, there is the detector.

The gel is infused with chemicals. Early markers of infection, such as an abrupt change in oxygen levels, trigger a chemical reaction. The strip starts to glow with fluorescent light, which can be picked up by the detector.

https://www.businessinsider.com/military-sensor-skin-covid-darpa-19-2021-4?r=US&IR=T
 

In some situations, it makes sense to me to use implanted sensors.

It's amusing that pet owners pay to have them implanted in their dogs but are horrified at the idea of having them implanted in themselves.

I wouldn't consider one to track COVID specifically but I would consider one that could find me if I go missing or alert me to changes in my overall health. Imagine being able to prevent heart attack or stroke, early detection of cancer, etc... all with a tiny sensor.
 
Aunt Bea said:
In some situations, it makes sense to me to use implanted sensors.

It's amusing that pet owners pay to have them implanted in their dogs but are horrified at the idea of having them implanted in themselves.

I wouldn't consider one to track COVID specifically but I would consider one that could find me if I go missing or alert me to changes in my overall health. Imagine being able to prevent heart attack or stroke, early detection of cancer, etc... all with a tiny sensor.
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I never had one implanted in any of my dogs, either.
 
Nathan said:
I think such types of sensors could have a valuable medical use.

If I had some [serious] medical condition that could be monitored in that fashion, then yes- I'd of course consent to it.
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Medical I.D. bracelet or necklace works as well & is faster. Reading the info on the chip requires finding & using a scanning device.
A Medical I.D. is read immediately. With some conditions, those extra seconds or minutes can make a big difference in the outcome.
 
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Chris21E said:
I would not do that to a pet....
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Several years ago, I chose a dog to adopt from a shelter. They told me implanting a chip was required. On a previous visit to the shelter, I watched the procedure - and the dog screaming & struggling. I said, "No thanks."
Really stupid of the shelter; my dogs are behind a locked gate, they always have ID collars, and are perimeter trained & won't go past the gate even when it's open.
I won't support ANY type of animal cruelty, & causing unnecessary pain to make a few extra dollars is cruelty.
 
win231 said:
Several years ago, I chose a dog to adopt from a shelter. They told me implanting a chip was required. On a previous visit to the shelter, I watched the procedure - and the dog screaming & struggling. I said, "No thanks."
Really stupid of the shelter; my dogs are behind a locked gate, they always have ID collars, and are perimeter trained & won't go past the gate even when it's open.
I won't support ANY type of animal cruelty, & causing unnecessary pain to make a few extra dollars is cruelty.
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They just would not understand....
 
No. 40% of our Marines declined to get vaccinated for covid-19 and I can't see them accepting a sensor injected under their skin either.

According to the link you provided, "Although it was developed with COVID-19 in mind, it is not sophisticated enough to differentiate that disease from others.
 
Hmmmmmmm I guess the Microdot program, forced immunization shots for our little ones, the AmberAlert trackers for our kids, GPS, OnStar, Project Tor and LifeAlert ain't working out too well for the FBI, NSA, CIA and all the other Federal alphabet soup agencies that get paid to protect us taxpaying citizens of America.
 
win231 said:
Several years ago, I chose a dog to adopt from a shelter. They told me implanting a chip was required. On a previous visit to the shelter, I watched the procedure - and the dog screaming & struggling. I said, "No thanks."
Really stupid of the shelter; my dogs are behind a locked gate, they always have ID collars, and are perimeter trained & won't go past the gate even when it's open.
I won't support ANY type of animal cruelty, & causing unnecessary pain to make a few extra dollars is cruelty.
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"Chipping" a dog needn't be painful, what you witnessed was a botched job.
 
StarSong said:
Exactly. When my dog was chipped he didn't even whimper.
Lost dogs are easily returned home when they've been chipped, which is why shelters insist on it. They see A LOT of lost dogs.
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Our dear friend and founder of Save a Small Dog Rescue inc. chipped our Rusty that we adopted, he was calm even though he had been abused, before being abandoned by his last [so called] family.
 
StarSong said:
Exactly. When my dog was chipped he didn't even whimper.
Lost dogs are easily returned home when they've been chipped, which is why shelters insist on it. They see A LOT of lost dogs.
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In the past 10 years, I have returned 4 dogs that wandered onto my property. All had tags with the owner's names, addresses & phones. Two of the owners were especially grateful because the information on their dogs' chips belonged to previous owners, & the dogs would have sat in a cage in a shelter during the attempt to find the current owners.....IF they were ever found. I recall one of them moved out of state, which means they might never have been found, in which case the shelter would probably euthanize the dog if no one adopted him.
I adopted 3 dogs that had chips from previous owners; some deceased.
A chip is not useful unless the information on it is current. Tags are usually current - & don't involve making a hole in the dog or a medical procedure.
 
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I wouldn't want to get a chip implanted in my body unless absolutely necessary (for some reason), to track something like Covid, no. I've never microchipped any of my pets either. The dog I have now is chipped, simply because the breeder did it before we brought him home. I pay the fee to Home Again, and it is a comfort to know if he does disappear someday, it's possible for someone to identify him and contact me. So, to me, that's a good thing....love my boy. 💚
 
I posted this a couple weeks and the story is bout the military and makes very good sence in a military application.
 

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