LOS ANGELES—In a status update shared with his 1,732 Facebook friends, area man Jason Tenley declared his reluctance to take the vaccine for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 , citing his belief that the United States government plans to install microchips in the vaccine to track citizens. “First they conditioned us to wear masks like sheep, then they locked down the country, and now they are going to make a vaccine mandatory… it’s all a convenient cover for the government implanting microchips in us via this ‘vaccine,’” wrote Tenley in the post, metadata from which was extracted and promptly sold to online advertising firms as well as analyzed by several government agencies. “They really think we’re stupid enough to fall for this?” At press time, LAish was awaiting comment from Tenley after reaching out to him via contact information that was obtained for $4.99 from a data vendor.