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  "text": "| sub | archive |\n|-----|---------|\n| `r/conspiracy` | https://archive.ph/RZgUE |\n\nI'm not actually certain what exactly the lie is here.\n\nIs the lie that the vaccines rewrite DNA which would then affect the DNA of sperm cells? mRNA vaccines aren't \"[gene therapy](https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-covid-mrna-gene-idUSL1N2PH16N)\" as some antivaxers claim. They do not rewrite genes. [mRNA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_RNA) molecules are messengers that carry information from the [DNA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA) to the rest of the cell. mRNA does not and cannot affect the DNA. The vaccine mRNA molecules stay in the human body for [weeks at most](https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/where-mrna-vaccines-and-spike-proteins-go) and then they disappear completely. So if that's the lie, it's just uneducated.\n\nOr is the lie that the vaccines damage sperm cells or the testicles somehow? Nikki Minaj recently [tweeted](https://theconversation.com/nicki-minajs-covid-19-vaccine-tweet-about-swollen-testicles-signals-the-dangers-of-celebrity-misinformation-and-fandom-168242) some nonsense about \"a cousin's friend\" having \"swollen testicles\" after his vaccination. Unsurprisingly, that story turned out to be [bullshit](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/15/nicki-minaj-health-officials-in-uk-and-trinidad-refute-false-claim-covid-shots-cause-swollen-testicles-.html). There is no known mechanism by which mRNA vaccines would effect sperm quality. But never mind the mechanism, there is [no evidence](https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/can-covid-19-vaccines-affect-male-fertility) that anything of the sort ever happened either.\n\nOr, and now it gets **real** stupid, maybe the lie is that unvaccinated men are more manly. That's the [Joe Rogan](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/science-vs-joe-rogan) school of stupidity. ***Real** men don't need COVID-19 vaccines. **Real** men tough it out. Only **weak, whiny, wimpy** men get vaccinated.* This, too, is nonsense. You can get sick with COVID-19 even if you're young, physically fit and eating healthy. And if you do get sick, there's an all-too-real possibility that COVID-19 will damage your body before your immune system can beat the disease back. Manliness does not protect from COVID-19 any more than it protects from [stupidity](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/03/joe-rogan-told-his-millions-listeners-not-take-his-anti-vaccine-advice-seriously-is-it-too-late/). You cannot wrestle a virus to the ground and a virus doesn't care how wide your shoulders are.\n\nIt's a lie any which way. And it's an insidious lie at that. There are many men for whom there's nothing more terrifying than impotence or being seen as [unmanly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc1am3KyYgA). Even the *possibility* - no matter how medically implausible and empirically unproven - might be enough for some to avoid vaccination.\n\n----\n\nPlease [report the above thread(s) to Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/report?reason=this-is-misinformation) as disinformation. The more people report this disinformation, the bigger the chance that Reddit will take action. You can copy/paste the text below into the \"additional information\" field of Reddit's report form:\n\n----\n\nIt is disinformation that \"unvaccinated sperm\" will be more valuable than gold. Because mRNA vaccines do not rewrite DNA; because there's no mechanism by which mRNA vaccines would affect sperm quality; and because refusing the vaccines is evidence of stupidity and not virility. This lie is particularly insidious because it appeals to primal male fears. Like all antivax disinformation it gets people killed. Please remove this thread, suspend this user and ban this disinformation sub!",
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  "datetime": "2021-11-29",
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