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Indonesia May Use Microchips To Track AIDS, Lawmakers Want To Implant Chips In "Sexually Aggressive" Patients To Track Virus - CBS News
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Health workers and rights activists sharply criticized the plan Monday.
But legislator John Manangsang said by implanting small computer chips beneath the skin of "sexually aggressive" patients, authorities would be in a better position to identify, track and ultimately punish those who deliberately infect others with up to six months in jail or a $5,000 fine.
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6 weeks ago
A classic ethical conundrum in the realm of disease. Perhaps if those with the disease have already knowingly infected others, chipping them can be argued as a valid restriction (punishment?) on their privacy and possible future indiscretions. But if they haven't, then what?
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