Hervé and mods, I could not find cross-check worthwhile articles on google, nor the original source.
therefore to take with a grain of salt until we find the source.
If this end up being false, mods please delete this thread. I do not want to be propagating false stuff.
edit; I believe this is an hoax, I found similar articles for the province of quebec and know for a fact that this is false in quebec.
so please, delete this thread.
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The article is in French, it says: the first chips under the skin replacing id cards with chips in it are implemented for free and will become mandatory for social assistance recipient in France in January 2019.
In order to eliminate the huge amount of lost cards and their production costs as well. Starting January, the chip implant will be compulsory for everyone on the assistance, including children. I will be done by medecine student, and will include local anesthesia and surgery clips.
this year, the implant is free plus a 10 euros bond is given to the recipient.
the UHF chips are 876 megahertz, very high frequency, the best in the world. At the beginning the insured will feel small vibrations, and later on, nothing. Like for cats and dogs.
The RFID readers can read long distance, 9 meters. those chips were chosen so that older people won't be afraid at being scanned.
https://lejournalnews.com/securite-s...vitale-france/