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Recently, the US House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 550, the “Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act” by a vote of 294 to 130, with 80 Republicans voting to pass the bill. The bill was introduced on January 28th, 2021 by Democrat Rep. Ann M. Kuster of New Hampshire’s 2nd District.

The bill provides $400,000,000 (that’s $400 Million) for an “immunization administration system“, defined as:

“(f) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘immunization information system’ means a confidential, population-based, computerized database that records immunization doses administered by any health care provider to persons within the geographic area covered by that database.” (my emphasis)

According to Democrat supporters of the bill this database would remind people when to get vaccinated to keep themselves up to date and also to “ensure equitable distribution of vaccines.”

In what could be a fitting twist of irony, New Hampshire currently has the highest COVID-19 infection rate in the country, despite New Hampshire’s vaccination rate being over 68% for residents over 12 years old*…but, I digress.

I suspect Uncle Sam will base their new “information system” on an existing Federal system, like Food Stamps (SNAP), Housing (HUD), Medicare, Medicaid, ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act), or maybe even one used by the FBI, or NSA to surveille you. And, of course, the database will be protected against hackers and determined “foreign actors“.

But just in case those existing government databases don’t “fit the bill“, here are some suggestions of possible databases used by other governments Washington D.C. might use as reference to keep track of those deemed “Unvaccinated“.

How about:

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