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Myth 2: The vaccines change your DNA

Fact: This is a misconception around how the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which use new technology called mRNA, work. While the vaccines carry a small part of the genetic instructions of the coronavirus (not the whole virus) to help your body learn to fight it off, these messenger instructions cannot be combined with your DNA and are destroyed by the body soon after they are used.

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