CorronavirusVaccine rumours debunked: vaccine 'Altered DNA' claims

[Charles-Tim]

A White House correspondent for a pro-Trump website, Newsmax, told her 264,000 followers on Twitter to "beware" the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Emerald Robinson claimed in the Tweet: "It tampers with your DNA." The BBC asked three independent scientists about this. They said that the coronavirus vaccine would not alter human DNA.



It appears the people spreading such claims have a fundamental misunderstanding of genetics. The vaccine contains a fragment of the virus's genetic material - or RNA. "Injecting RNA into a person doesn't do anything to the DNA of a human cell," said Prof Jeffrey Almond of Oxford University.

Part of the misunderstanding seems to stem from the type of vaccine being developed. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine uses messenger RNA, or "mRNA", technology.

It works by giving the body instructions to produce a protein which is present on the surface of the coronavirus. The immune system then learns to recognise and produce antibodies against the protein. Ms Robinson's tweet included the assertion that mRNA vaccine technology "has never been tested or approved before". It is true that no mRNA vaccine has been approved before, but multiple studies of mRNA vaccines in humans have taken place over the last few years. Prof Almond says that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is the first to show the efficacy that would be needed in order to be considered for licensing.

Side-effects claims
Another claim in Ms Robinson's tweet was among the most widely shared anti-vaccine themes this week. She claimed 75% of vaccine trial volunteers had experienced side-effects. But Pfizer and BioNTech have reported no serious safety concerns in their trial. Many vaccines do have side-effects. But the vast majority are not nearly as scary as anti-vaccine activists would have us believe.

Prof Ward pointed out that these kinds of side-effects are also experienced by a high number of people receiving the annual flu vaccination. The side-effects are usually mild, wear off after a couple of days at most, and can be alleviated with paracetamol or ibuprofen.

Full data about side-effects has not yet been published for the most recent phase of the trial, but Pfizer has confirmed they observed no serious side-effects.

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BBC News - Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/54893437

[target]

Spreading fake news is very common in my country, it's surprising actually because some of them are popular people and are even politicians and celebrities. A single change to DNA can alter your whole genes that your offspring will likely be deformed.

IF its true then this vaccine that can alter DNA, it is likely going attracting to criminals. They would probably hurry to get that vaccine to change their DNA and get out of the criminal database.

[franky1]

it does not tamper with DNA
its not even DNA
its not even the RNA from the nucleus of the virus(the replication element of a virus)
its the protein from the outer shell (the spike protein)

the virus:
imagine your cell like a door that opens to facial recognition of a ginger female. where a house-theif is a ginger female that wants to break in to give birth on your nice rug.. to triplet ginger babies
usually the security will eventually detect its not the house owner and call the police in. but its too late their doing damage before the cops call. now theres 4 unwanted guests in the house and your rug is ruined

the vaccine
is not a different ginger that can rebuild the house in a diferent design. nor do any damage. nor not pregnant. its instead just a photocopy of a face with ginger hair. yep paper cant do damage. so your body learns that face print. and next time it sees the face print it doesnt let them in. and calls the cops while the unwanted guest is still at the door

it does not redesign dna
it instead adds to the database of whats allowed/not allowed. so that next time it can ban/remove unwanted visitors faster, much faster than learning the hard way via the virus intrusion

[BADecker]

Search on changing your DNA by thought. Since you can change your DNA by thought, certainly this kind of vaccine can easily change it.