Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
by UncleOxidant on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:41AM
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Whenever you catch a cold or flu those are generally DNA viruses (unless it's a coronavirus cold). Those don't alter your DNA.
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
by base698 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:45AM
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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-...
Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
by Pyramus on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:53AM
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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.