Fact check: Syringes with RFID technology track vaccines, not recipients Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The claim: COVID-19 vaccine syringes with RFID chips will be used to track who received injections and the recipients' locations The federal government can track vaccine recipients with RFID technology, according to a Facebook claim by a conservative activist and blogger. An edited version of an interview with Jay Walker, then-CEO of ApiJect Systems America Inc., was posted Dec. 9 to the Facebook page of Elizabeth Johnston. She named the video "Vaccine in Development with 'optional' tracking microchip." Walker was asked about "Project Jumpstart," a temporary emergency program in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Department, during a May 22 interview with CBN News, a nonprofit news organization that describes itself on its YouTube channel as providing "The Christian Perspective." Walker, who became the company's executive chairman in July, said the project will ensure at least 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by year's end.