Does COVID mess with your DNA?

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Yeah quite possible, ive heard a bit about COVID being linked to shingles, which would make sense as the chickenpox virus lives in your spine like herpes.
COVID must be able to reactivate the virus in some way, typically because your immune system is under load i guess.

Shingles is caused by the Herpes zoster virus. Recurrence of shingles is also one of the commonly recorded side effects of COVID vaccination, and I've read in the past that the vaccines for each of these viruses should be separated to limit overloading the immune system.
https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/covid-...d-shingles

This article looks like it's worth reading too. Posted on Twitter by Laurie Garrett so it's going to be reliable data.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2

Yes I had read something about that too.
Your right, chicken pox/shingles is caused by varicella zoster virus which is a herpes class of virus, I guess it would be best you had a shingles shot some time before having a covid shot, ideally its advised to separate time between vaccines in general anyway, apparently you dont get a good immune response if you give too many vaccines at once or in a short timeframe.