[quote TatianaBis]Conventional wisdom is that RNA cannot affect DNA.
However a Harvard/MIT preprint indicated Covid RNA may be reverse transcribed in human cells. In support of its hypothesis the study found evidence that DNA sequences can be integrated into the cell genome and subsequently be transcribed (a process called ‘retro-integration’) and shows viable cellular pathways by which this happens.
We found chimeric transcripts consisting of viral fused to cellular sequences in published data sets of SARS-CoV-2 infected cultured cells and primary cells of patients, consistent with the transcription of viral sequences integrated into the genome.
SARS-CoV-2 RNAs can be reverse transcribed in human cells by reverse transcriptase (RT) from LINE-1 elements or by HIV-1 RT, and that these DNA sequences can be integrated into the cell genome and subsequently be transcribed.
Human endogenous LINE-1 expression was induced upon SARS-CoV-2 infection or by cytokine exposure in cultured cells, suggesting a molecular mechanism for SARS-CoV-2 retro-integration in patients.
This novel feature of SARS-CoV-2 infection may explain why patients can continue to produce viral RNA after recovery and suggests a new aspect of RNA virus replication.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33330870/[/quote]
Yes, as mentioned, it is not unknown for viral DNA to integrate into host nuclear DNA. And some evidence as pointed out that there may be a way for viral RNA to do the same thing via intermediary steps and there is some evidence to show that the covid19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, has the ability to do that (could have implications for long covid being even worse that it is already known to be in some people ......)
But that is absolutely not the same as a small piece of genetically engineered mRNA in a lipid coating that is only viable for a matter of hours that can't pass the nuclear membrane so can't get into where your DNA is in your cells and doesn't carry any of the required enzymes for integrating into DNA i.e what is in a mRNA vaccine. And even if it could/did, so what? It only codes for one expressed protein which is exactly the desired effect to stimulate an immune response and would happen out in the cytoplasm anyway, like all the millions of naturally occurring mRNA to protein translations that are occurring in all your cells at any moment in time to keep you alive.
It also shows what a nasty, sneaky virus the covid19 virus actually is, with potentially long-lasting effects, and is even more reason to have a vaccine against I'd have thought.
Science eh? Never let it get in the way of a good conspiracy theory!