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by pclmulqdq 1252 days ago
This is actually not true - reverse transcriptase is present in your cells, and has been known to add code from viral RNA to your DNA, sometimes permanently.
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you are thinking of integrase, which is not present

and there is no primer site on the mRNA for RT to operate

if it was that easy for random bits of floating mRNA to integrate itself into your DNA then we'd never make it to the point of being born

I'm not suggesting that it's normal, easy, or within the everyday functions of a cell.

The parent comment said "...it's not possible..."

It demonstrably is possible, and has happened before in the genetic record of humans.

reverse transcriptase is not produced by human cells, it is simply not present in the cell

integrase is not produced by human cells, it is simply not present in the cell

the mRNA produced by the vaccine does not have the primer site for reverse transciptase to attach

if somehow RT did produce cDNA: it would not have the primer site for integrase to attach

this stuff is taught to 16 year olds

the probability of all of the above happening by random chance is as close to 0 as it is possible to get

and saying "hahaha, so IT IS POSSIBLE THEN, so it is gene therapy!!!" is the level of reasoning and debate one would expect from a small child

As I understand it, a third factor, like an additional virus is usually involved. There are many in your body. They do weird things.

Can we agree that it is not gene therapy and it is also possible for the vaccine to modify your genome in specific cases?

> Can we agree that it is not gene therapy

yes

> and it is also possible for the vaccine to modify your genome in specific cases?

possible in the same sense as winning the lottery 10 times in a row

or suddenly quantum tunneling through the entire surface of the earth and popping out the other side