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Science with Dr. Doug
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Science with Dr. Doug is a personal blog at sciencewithdrdoug.com about science and health. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Can rna vaccine permanently alter DNA?”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Posts about whether mRNA vaccines could modify human DNA and about a supposed SHED study. Commenters link them as the claims being discussed in threads on RNA being written into DNA.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Can rna vaccine permanently alter DNA?3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-06-07
What Hacker News says?
Well, for standard side-effects, you'd be right. But we aren't talking about a normal viral-vector vaccine. We're talking about an mRNA vaccine. A delivery-method which "temporarily modifies turns the cells in a localized area into protein-producing machines". (A fairly non-scientific excerpt I found online) But the big question (at least for me) is, can this actually modify my DNA? Because if so, that's potentially…
Comment linking /2021/02/15/breaking-study-sheds-more-light-on-whether-an-rna-vaccine-can-permanently-alter-dna/
on “As a virologist I’m shocked my work has been hijacked by anti-vaxxers”Submitted Can rna vaccine permanently alter DNA? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSome time back I came across these articles.. https://sciencewithdrdoug.com/2020/11/27/will-an-rna-vaccine... https://sciencewithdrdoug.com/2021/02/15/breaking-study-shed... I tried to find some "debunking" articles, but so far I could only find [1] which does not appear to do a good job of responding to the concerns raised in the article, and just reiterate what has been said already. It also appears that similar q…
Comment linking /2021/02/15/breaking-study-sheds-more-light-on-whether-an-rna-vaccine-can-permanently-alter-dna/
on “New discovery shows human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA”People appear to have been suggesting the possibility for this for some time now. https://sciencewithdrdoug.com/2020/11/27/will-an-rna-vaccine...
Comment linking /2020/11/27/will-an-rna-vaccine-permanently-alter-my-dna/
on “New discovery shows human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA”https://sciencewithdrdoug.com/2021/02/15/breaking-study-shed...
Comment linking /2021/02/15/breaking-study-sheds-more-light-on-whether-an-rna-vaccine-can-permanently-alter-dna/
on “Human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA”