[UncleOxidant]

Whenever you catch a cold or flu those are generally DNA viruses (unless it's a coronavirus cold). Those don't alter your DNA.

[base698]

Eh, yeah they do. We have tons of base pair sequences in our DNA that we suspect came from viruses.

https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/genes-%E2%80%98fossil%E2%80%99-...

[Pyramus]

Parent specifically stated DNA viruses. From your article:

> Most of these viral genes come from retroviruses, RNA viruses that insert DNA copies of their own genes into our genomes when they infect cells. HHV-6 is unique because it is the only known human DNA herpesvirus that integrates into the human genome and can be routinely inherited.