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(23,709 posts)About the retrovirus inserting itself into DNA
did you post this to point this out ?
Interesting that all the nonvaxxers freaking out about the vaccines altering DNA, which it cant, but the virus possibly could ?
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Uncle Joe
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(484 posts)[Googles frantically] Well, it seems to be a bit more complicated that what I thought.
Some viruses, including retroviruses, do insert their genetic material into the hosts DNA as part of their reproduction. Outside these classes of virus (that dont include SARS) such an insertion is very rare but not impossible.
https://viralzone.expasy.org/980
SARS-CoV-2 hasnt been shown to insert into our DNA, so far, anyway.
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q2/the-covid-19-virus-may-not-insert-genetic-material-into-human-dna,-research-shows.html
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Wounded Bear
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