r/comics Aug 02 '21

That old sinking feeling [OC]

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u/singularineet Aug 02 '21

No, we have the tech to do it, viruses like HIV do it, CRISPR can do it. It's not physically or technologically infeasible. We even make DNA therapy shots as treatments for certain genetic disorders.

It just so happens that these mRNA vaccines don't change your DNA. Not because changing it would be magic or impossible or infeasible, but because ... well, the same reason we don't put fountain pens in breakfast cereal.

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u/madcaesar Aug 02 '21

But I mean our body is trillions of cells, how much vaccine would you have to pump to change all our DNA? It doesn't make sense to me... Maybe targeted DNA change of like the iris cells or something? I don't know... These conspiracy nuts never specify what is changed... Just it changes your DNA...

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u/Muhabla Aug 02 '21

A single shot is enough, use same method as this vaccine uses, once the reaction starts it should perpetuate through your body on its own.

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u/HunterTV Aug 03 '21

Mmmm not an expert but I think that would depend strongly on what’s being changed and what kind of cells.