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What would happen if mRNAs could insert themselves into DNA at random?
It would play havoc with protein production and scramble the genome.
Where is vaccine mRNA located in the cell?
In the cytoplasm.
What can hijack cellular mRNA and convert it into DNA?
Retro-transposons.
What is the likelihood of a naturally occurring retro-transposon becoming active in a cell that has just received an mRNA vaccine?
Vanishingly small.
What would happen if vaccine mRNA did become a pseudogene?
It would produce the spike protein.
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