In a move that absolutely screams "big brother", the city of Boston Massachusetts has been testing out a new system that they hope will lead to the creation of a citywide registry of everyone who has had a flu vaccination. During the trial period, every "volunteer" that received a flu vaccination got an identification bracelet containing a unique barcode. The barcode contained basic information about the vaccine recipient (name, age, gender, address) and the information was entered into a patient tracking database via handheld devices similar to those used by delivery truck drivers. Further information collected during this trial program included the identity of the person that administered the vaccine, whether it was injected into the right arm or the left arm, and the time and date the vaccine was administered.

One of the goals of health officials in Boston is to create a "vaccination map" that will enable them to pinpoint address by address who was received a vaccination and who has not.

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