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by blitz_skull 1740 days ago
Further fodder for discussion: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33330870/

If a vaccine can modify your DNA, is it still ethical to mandate it? Can we still bypass 20-year safety studies?

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do you actually want me to answer this question or are you just trying to stir up shit? I'm going to give an abbreviated answer below but I can actually explain where your misconception comes from if you're not trying to stir up shit

The short answer is yes a vaccine's ability to modify DNA doesn't weigh very heavily on the ethics of it becoming mandatory because nothing has been said about if it's a good or bad modification.

and I'm not sure what "can we still bypass 20-year safety studies" means because I don't think anyone has advocated or believes bypassing any safety study should happen or will happen.