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Well this is really no big deal… everyone just calm down. A little DNA being directly inserted into your cells can be a positive thing. Maybe you will mutate and become a super hero? I know a gene mutation can cause Cancer. But it is worth the risk if you want to become a super hero!

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This was a possibility that was in the EMA's original PAR written in late-2020:

https://awkwardgit.substack.com/p/200-billion-pieces-of-dna-contaminating

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And they seem to throw dice to decide how much will be in each batch (though from what I recall, it varies strongly within a batch, too, as the production process is a rollercoaster)

Anyway, my reocmmended injection of foreign DNA into one's body are as many multiples of 0ng as you like...

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Give it 2-3 years and we will hear the usual apologetic stories: we were in a dramatic situation (not true), we were told to do so, our jobs and our research grants were at risk, we were acting in good faith, vaccines on balance saved lives (not true) Etc....ethical and evidence based medicine completely forgotten. Then in 5-7 years we will hear the same stories on the environmental side. The issue is that nobody will be ultimately held accountable and privately these people will never regret what they did. They are ideologically motivated.

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For those interested in the integration rate of cells transfected with foreign DNA this paper will be interesting :https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-33862-0.

Linear DNA : ~ 8% of transfected cells integrate linear DNA in genome.

Plasmid DNA:~5% of transfected cells integrate Plasmid DNA into genome.

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