Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Mar 17, 2013 21:54:23 GMT -8
B"H
Shalom chaverim,
There has been a lot of talk about a mandatory microchip implant that is coming in connection with the new Obama Care legislation. And, people are saying that they are ushering in the mark of the beast with this, as spoken of in the book of Revelation...This is being advertised on not just a few conspiracy websites...but, from I have gathered...there is not credible evidence of this. Visit the following link for more information about this and for evidence that shows that this is nothing more than an urban myth that people are getting caught up in:
www.snopes.com/politics/medical/microchip.asp
Also, the following is an article from: metabunk.org/threads/497-Debunked-Obamacare-RFID-Chip-Implant-Law-Hoax
I really do believe that false reports of these kinds are from the enemy meant as a distraction from what we really need to be focusing on. I believe it is possible that some of these false rumors get started by those who are agents of HaSatan who try to get believers to fall for this type of nonsense so that they can be discredited. I believe that is an underhanded trick from the Enemy of our souls to undermine the message of the Good News. After all...if we are wrong about things like these...what else are we wrong about? (or so goes the logic for those who may potentially hear the message of the Good News from us)...As believers, we have to be careful to do proper fact checking, because if things like this are proven to be false...than we indeed begin to loose our credibility in the eyes of a world that already struggles to hear us...And, when something really does happen that is a fulfillment of the "mark"...than who will listen when we cried "wolf" so many times before...and there was no wolf?
I personally don't necessarily believe that the "mark" will be a microchip, but that is another discussion for another time.
Chen v'shalom aleychem,
R' Reuel
Shalom chaverim,
There has been a lot of talk about a mandatory microchip implant that is coming in connection with the new Obama Care legislation. And, people are saying that they are ushering in the mark of the beast with this, as spoken of in the book of Revelation...This is being advertised on not just a few conspiracy websites...but, from I have gathered...there is not credible evidence of this. Visit the following link for more information about this and for evidence that shows that this is nothing more than an urban myth that people are getting caught up in:
www.snopes.com/politics/medical/microchip.asp
Also, the following is an article from: metabunk.org/threads/497-Debunked-Obamacare-RFID-Chip-Implant-Law-Hoax
Debunked: Obamacare RFID Chip Implant Law Hoax
There's a hoax going around that the health care reform act HR3200 (The Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare") requires everyone to get a chip implanted in their body.
The bottom line is:
•The proposed law did not require anyone to get anything implanted
•It just created a national registry of a huge of range of medical devices from pacemakers to dental implants
•The intent of the registry was to collect statistics on how safe and effective the devices are
•HR3200 is not the bill that became law. Nor is HR 3962, which only passed the House. The "Obamacare" law is HR 3590, passed as Public Law 111-148, which does not have the registry.
An implantable RFID chip is just one example of a class II implantable medical device. Others include:
emedicine.medscape.com/article/1681045-overview
•percutaneous catheters
•vascular graft prostheses
•bone-conduction hearing aids
•tympanostomy tubes
•gastrointestinal tubes
•implantable staples
•long-term intravascular catheters
•intracranial pressure monitor devices
•peripheral nerve stimulators for pain relief
•eye sphere implants
•intramedullary fixation rods
•joint prostheses
Here's the original bill (which did not ever become law):
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr3200ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr3200ih.pdf
And here's what it says:
SEC. 2521. NATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRY.
[...]
‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that—
‘‘(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; and
‘‘(B) is—
‘‘(i) a class III device; or
‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable, life-supporting, or life-sustaining
There's a little more about administrative things, but the above is the entirety of what the conspiracy promoters base their theory on. They get away with it in part because the language of the bill is rather complex and difficult to read, so they can basically make up whatever interpretation they like, and many of their readers will be fooled.
They then build upon this by claiming that a Class II device is a
"implantable radiofrequency transponder system for patient identification and health information." When actually the three classes of medical devices have nothing to do with what the devices are, but are to do with how much they are regulated to ensure safety. For example:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_device#United_States
Examples of Class III devices include implantable pacemaker, pulse generators, HIV diagnostic tests, automated external defibrillators, and endosseous implants.
Examples of Class II devices include powered wheelchairs, infusion pumps, and surgical drapes.
Examples of Class I devices include elastic bandages, examination gloves, and hand-held surgical instruments.
So the law simply creates a registry for this HUGE range of different medical devices.
Implantable RFID chips would be covered under the law, but that's simply because they are one of thousands of devices that are classified as Type III or Type II implantable.
It's not a law, and even if it was, it no more mandates you get a chip implanted than it mandates you get a hip replacement.
There's a hoax going around that the health care reform act HR3200 (The Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare") requires everyone to get a chip implanted in their body.
The bottom line is:
•The proposed law did not require anyone to get anything implanted
•It just created a national registry of a huge of range of medical devices from pacemakers to dental implants
•The intent of the registry was to collect statistics on how safe and effective the devices are
•HR3200 is not the bill that became law. Nor is HR 3962, which only passed the House. The "Obamacare" law is HR 3590, passed as Public Law 111-148, which does not have the registry.
An implantable RFID chip is just one example of a class II implantable medical device. Others include:
emedicine.medscape.com/article/1681045-overview
•percutaneous catheters
•vascular graft prostheses
•bone-conduction hearing aids
•tympanostomy tubes
•gastrointestinal tubes
•implantable staples
•long-term intravascular catheters
•intracranial pressure monitor devices
•peripheral nerve stimulators for pain relief
•eye sphere implants
•intramedullary fixation rods
•joint prostheses
Here's the original bill (which did not ever become law):
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr3200ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr3200ih.pdf
And here's what it says:
SEC. 2521. NATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRY.
[...]
‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that—
‘‘(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; and
‘‘(B) is—
‘‘(i) a class III device; or
‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable, life-supporting, or life-sustaining
There's a little more about administrative things, but the above is the entirety of what the conspiracy promoters base their theory on. They get away with it in part because the language of the bill is rather complex and difficult to read, so they can basically make up whatever interpretation they like, and many of their readers will be fooled.
They then build upon this by claiming that a Class II device is a
"implantable radiofrequency transponder system for patient identification and health information." When actually the three classes of medical devices have nothing to do with what the devices are, but are to do with how much they are regulated to ensure safety. For example:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_device#United_States
Examples of Class III devices include implantable pacemaker, pulse generators, HIV diagnostic tests, automated external defibrillators, and endosseous implants.
Examples of Class II devices include powered wheelchairs, infusion pumps, and surgical drapes.
Examples of Class I devices include elastic bandages, examination gloves, and hand-held surgical instruments.
So the law simply creates a registry for this HUGE range of different medical devices.
Implantable RFID chips would be covered under the law, but that's simply because they are one of thousands of devices that are classified as Type III or Type II implantable.
It's not a law, and even if it was, it no more mandates you get a chip implanted than it mandates you get a hip replacement.
I really do believe that false reports of these kinds are from the enemy meant as a distraction from what we really need to be focusing on. I believe it is possible that some of these false rumors get started by those who are agents of HaSatan who try to get believers to fall for this type of nonsense so that they can be discredited. I believe that is an underhanded trick from the Enemy of our souls to undermine the message of the Good News. After all...if we are wrong about things like these...what else are we wrong about? (or so goes the logic for those who may potentially hear the message of the Good News from us)...As believers, we have to be careful to do proper fact checking, because if things like this are proven to be false...than we indeed begin to loose our credibility in the eyes of a world that already struggles to hear us...And, when something really does happen that is a fulfillment of the "mark"...than who will listen when we cried "wolf" so many times before...and there was no wolf?
I personally don't necessarily believe that the "mark" will be a microchip, but that is another discussion for another time.
Chen v'shalom aleychem,
R' Reuel
and halacha and social justice that we need to master and instead we spend precious time on distractions and diversions. I think we should be studious and looking for signs and whatnot, but so much of what people get freaked out about is just nonsense.
