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Gregorio Enrique Sandoval's avatar

It will show up in the genome of the cells invaded and infected by the viral RNA product (and in their daughter cells) IF those cells, via the cells’ cellular reverse transcriptase, recoded the viral mRNA into a DNA-encoded version and inserted it into the DNA of that particular cell. That is, its presence is limited to the lineage of one particular cell.

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KarlM Alias's avatar

Unless it gets in a germ cell.

What I'm unsure of is, is this such a big deal? Our cells have already incorporated untold numbers of exogenous viral code into part of its DNA, which then, through copying and pasting, become (benign) human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs).

Why would the body translate possibly dangerous proteins in large amounts? Though, there must be a reason it needs to store this information; perhaps, if the pathogen emerges again after a long time, the information is used to quickly make a defence??

Certainly, retroviruses have always been seen as harmless (and I would argue possibly useful), until Fauci's fake HIV theories took hold.

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