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      If your question is whether crispr gene editing was used by any of the vaccines, then no none of them used it as a direct mechanism.

      However it might have been used somewhere along the line in their creation, e.g. to knock out a gene in the viral vectors. But i couldn’t tell you that with certainty.

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        thanks, was wondering if crispr was used as direct mechanism. i know it’s not as easy as just replacing an A to G or something to make people photosynthetic or something, but it’s still very interesting/look forward to what can be done with crispr

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          Yeah, the possibilities are definitely exciting. But i guess as far as Covid19 vaccines are concerned it was probably a good thing that none required their direct use. As is we already had a ton of missinformation and fearmongering, i don’t even want to imagine how bad it would have been, if gene editing was involved in any direct way.

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            1 year ago

            i will use crispr to make my dog share the same lifespan as me XD lol thanks for the pleasant convo!