Claim: A digital device company is developing gel sensors that would monitor the wearer's health and could potentially help to detect future outbreaks of disease. But conspiracy theorists are falsely claiming that the sensors are actually COVID-19-detecting microchips that will be used to track people's movements.
Fact-check: Health Sensors Misconstrued as Government Tracking 'Microchips' - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a digital device company is developing gel sensors that would monitor the wearer's health and could potentially help to detect future outbreaks of disease. but conspiracy theorists are falsely claiming that the sensors are actually covid-19-detecting microchips that will be used to track people's movements.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Saranac Hale Spencer
Date published: 2021-08-27T19:26:29