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Is it fair to say vaccines rewrite it, though? It's more like your immune system rewriting it in response to the vaccine. It's like saying a virus rewrites ant
by galgalesh 5y ago
Is it fair to say vaccines rewrite it, though? It's more like your immune system rewriting it in response to the vaccine.
It's like saying a virus rewrites antivirus programs. Yes, the databases get updated for every new virus, but it's not the virus doing that directly.
- fastaguy88 5y agoNo, vaccines do not rewrite the genome, even in immune cells. The immune cells are constantly rewriting their own genetic code, with or without antigens (vaccines). The vaccines simply cause the cells with an appropriately rewritten code to be selected for, and increase in number.