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Bergen County Chief Of Police Jack Schmidig leads Regional Roll-Out of VeriChip by Receiving a VeriChip

With Hospital Emergency Room Infrastructure To Provide Secure ID and Medical Record Access For VeriChip Patients, Thought and Opinion Leaders to Play Key Role in Adoption of VeriChip™

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 22, 2005-- VeriChip Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applied Digital, announced today that the Bergen County, New Jersey Chief of Police has been implanted with the VeriChip. Chief of Police Jack Schmidig, a member of the police force for over 30 years, received a VeriChip as part of the Company’s strategy of enlisting key regional leaders to accelerate adoption of the VeriChip. With hospital emergency room infrastructure forming, patients will have the ability to provide secure ID and medical record access in an emergency or clinical situation.

“High-profile regional leaders are accepting the VeriChip, representing an excellent example of our approach to gaining adoption of the technology,” said Kevin H. McLaughlin, VeriChip Corporation’s CEO. “The northern New Jersey area represents one of our early regional targets, and in a short time period we have secured a leading hospital in the region which has agreed to adopt the VeriChip System to scan patients; initiated efforts to educate the physician community in conjunction with one of our distribution partners Henry Schein Corporation, and implanted several high-profile members of the community with the VeriChip. We intend to employ this approach on a regional basis to accelerate acceptance of this Class II medical device.”

VeriChip Corporation has adopted three key elements to its marketing strategy to develop regional acceptance for VeriChip. They include developing the infrastructure at regional hospitals to support the VeriChip System (scanner and database) in the Emergency Rooms; educating the medical community in the region in conjunction with Henry Schein and other distribution partners; and seeking high-profile members of the community to receive the VeriChip to raise awareness of the device.

Initially, the Company has identified several groups of patients that are likely to benefit from the VeriChip due to medical conditions. These include diabetics, chronic and cardiac care patients, memory impaired patients and patients with implanted medical devices. These patients would benefit from having a VeriChip as a result of medical conditions that increase the likelihood of an emergency room visit, which could require time-sensitive procedures where access to medical records would be critical.

Using the VeriChip System, the emergency room attendant could scan the VeriChip in the patient’s arm, accessing a unique 16-digit ID number. This number would be linked to a medical records database, which would provide detailed information on implanted medical devices and patient medical records, which could provide valuable information allowing the hospital to quickly implement the appropriate procedures on patients who otherwise might not be able to communicate medical histories due to impaired conditions.
 
About VeriChip Corporation

VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital, provides leading-edge security solutions for people, their assets, and their environments. From the world’s first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable microchip to the only active RFID tag with patented skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip leads the way in next-generation RFID technologies. Today, over 3,000 installations in healthcare, security, industry, and governments worldwide benefit from both the protection and cost savings that VeriChip Corporation’s innovation delivers. For more information on VeriChip Corporation, please visit www.verichipcorp.com.

About Applied Digital

Applied Digital develops innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide. The Company’s unique and often proprietary products provide security for people, animals, the food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets. Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications, end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and telecomm and security infrastructure, positioning Applied Digital as the leader of Security Through Innovation. Applied Digital is the owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation.

For more information, visit the company’s website at adsx.com. Statements about the Company’s future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from expected results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

Source: Applied Digital:eek: :eek: :eek: raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story7.htm
 
Any comments?Any reflections?:hmmm: Do you feel digital angel is accurate?:ehh: Does this not make anyone else a wee bit uncomfortable?:nope:
 
This will probably interest the people who follow “mark of the beast” belief.
I view it as a new modern invention with both positive and negative implications.
 
Very, very uncomfortable. It sounds nice and friendly now, and hey, really good for you, but what’s the betting things start getting more complex? There are powerful forces at work. This is technology gone too far. It is making us slaves of a corporation.

And if or when having the chip becomes compulsory, what happens to the ones who refuse?

We haven’t got this over here yet. I’m waiting for it though!
 
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Lilyofthevalley:
This will probably interest the people who follow “mark of the beast” belief.
I view it as a new modern invention with both positive and negative implications.
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Whether the mark of the beast is spiritual or physical do you not think it is prudent to avoid these things?:eek:
 
I don’t think it’s any type of mark of the beast- it hasn’t been around since the time of Jesus.

I am not comfortable with it, however. It seems to make medicine, to me at least, much too impersonal, not that it isn’t already…
 
On the one hand, it maked identification easy, which can be useful in a medical emergency.

On the other hand, it might make identification too easy, i.e., if you were trying to keep yourself incognito, all it takes is a quick scan to determine who you are.

Somebody will probably think of a way to add a tiny GPS transmitter. That way, they not only know who you are, but where you are! Great for keeping track of the kids.
 
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. No way will they put these things in me or my family. There is no telling what they can put in these things. Quite frankly, since I am not a genius scientist who can see absolutely everything they could possibly embed in these chips, I am going to “just say no”!!

It’s just too “Big Brother” for my taste! :cool:
 
I’m not sure how I feel about this chip. On one hand, many people I know have life-threatening allergies to certain drugs or previous medical conditions, and the chip will enable doctors to insure accurate treatment. I have also read about medical mistakes concering blood types that could also be avoided with a chip. On the other hand, other people could access your personal information, assuming the chip can’t be protected somehow.

Perhaps something like a credit card with the relevent information that could be swiped would be a better idea.
 
I don’t like this one bit. I don’t want a chip in me. 😦
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Lisa4Catholics:
Any comments?Any reflections?:hmmm: Do you feel digital angel is accurate?:ehh: Does this not make anyone else a wee bit uncomfortable?:nope:
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There will be a mark. You believe I guess…when it happens.
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Lilyofthevalley:
This will probably interest the people who follow “mark of the beast” belief.
I view it as a new modern invention with both positive and negative implications.
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Lisa4Catholics:
I am with you Jeffery I don’t like it a bit.😦
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This totally creeps me out…First health info, then a GPS tracking system, then --Who knows what then?? Whatever "Big Brother " thinks is a “good” idea, I guess…
 
i’m just glad hitler never had this technology, there would not have been a jew or other undesirable left alive,
 
I firmly believe that the book 1984 should be read every few years just to keep us sceptical.
 
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alyssa:
I don’t think it’s any type of mark of the beast- it hasn’t been around since the time of Jesus.
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That’s what I tried to tell everyone on the last thread about chips. It’s not that big of a deal. This is the way technology is moving. No more carrying Social Security cards, transferring medical records between doctor’s offices, medical bracelets, etc.
 
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Lisa4Catholics:
Any comments?Any reflections?:hmmm: Do you feel digital angel is accurate?:ehh: Does this not make anyone else a wee bit uncomfortable?:nope:
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I wonder- with our current bent toward euthinasia, if, in the future, you could be REFUSED emergency medical treatment if you show up and are considered to have to many other problems to make the investment of health $ in you worth it!
 
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