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Angie Rasmussen

@angierasmussen.bsky.social
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Virologist. PI working at but not speaking for USask. Co-EiC of Vaccine. 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦. Emerging viruses, pathogenesis, zoonosis, host responses, dogs, football, off-color language, transcriptomic chaos. Opinions my own.

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Nina Friedman @ngfriedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“There wasn’t a single COVID case reported in Greenfield in 2 months. The risk of COVID in the region is miniscule. Viruses don’t lie in wait, like evil Goldilocks looking for just the right immunocompromised queer person to disable with long COVID.” -from @angierasmussen.bsky.social on substack
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A Deep Dive into the Last Ditch by an Expert on COVID and Western Massachusetts Lesbians
I am a bisexual virologist who studies emerging coronaviruses, a Smith College alumna, and a veteran lesbian social critic. Ask me anything about respiratory raw-dogging your next Feeld date
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey Angie, I have a question. It is about: Lesbians COVID Western Massachusetts Fighting on social media about public health policy … Goddammit, I hate being uniquely qualified for everything rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-deep-div...
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A Deep Dive into the Last Ditch by an Expert on COVID and Western Massachusetts Lesbians
I am a bisexual virologist who studies emerging coronaviruses, a Smith College alumna, and a veteran lesbian social critic. Ask me anything about respiratory raw-dogging your next Feeld date
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The road to hell is paved with insecure beta male bureaucrats who are scared of what they are too incurious to understand & too dumb to change. Alas. They are adept at administrative abuse. Let's end a bloodless coup by an IRL Dilbert character. Vote! rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/russell-vo...
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Russell Vought Doesn’t Care Who Dies, Including You
If the OMB Director doesn’t destroy science to fund fascism, it won’t be for lack of trying
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Now we know whose paper Anthropic stole to enable this secret foreign military scientist working on their chikungunya research
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Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Did you know 84% of measles cases are in red districts? RR 13: Why Are 84% of Measles Cases in Republican Districts? @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Die & test positive for measles, it’s a measles death. RFK Jr & CDC Dir don’t want you to know how many babies died. Nor the men who failed the families they serve. Vote for leaders who think your child deserves to live. @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/who-is-acc...
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Who is Accountable for Measles Deaths?
Politicians are not authorized to distort reality to avoid answering for the deaths their actions have caused
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sorry, Sylvia Plath, but you just fell to the second spot in Smith College Valhalla. We should all hope to live a life this impactful and stylishly iconic. RIP LEGEND
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
FML this is the second time I’ve had to prove that a lying white woman was faking bone cancer, though admittedly last time it wasn’t the President’s side piece rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/is-natalie...
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Is Natalie Harp Faking Cancer?
“Right to Lie” Beneficiary
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Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@angierasmussen.bsky.social talks about the importance of flooding the zone when it comes to measles vaccine misinformation. Watch Rasmussen Retorts 10: Children’s Death Defense
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David Miles @variolator.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just seen a beautifully simple evidence summary discussing the origins of COVID-19, showing how the balance is clearly in favour of natural origin and not lab leak. From the @angierasmussen.bsky.social substack: rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/breaking-i...
Evidence for natural origin: 13 points for, one against.
Evidence for lab leak: one point for, eight against.
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Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Does China Even Care If It Was A Lab Leak?? Watch Rasmussen Retorts 12: Fauci, Wuhan & the COVID Lab Leak, What the Evidence Actually Says @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Been wallowing in their shitty bed on the issue of pandemic origins for quite some time now
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Did a newborn in PA die FROM measles or WITH measles? There’s a lot of confusion, because RFK, Jr. & the GOP are creating it. Why lie to the public that measles is no big deal? Because it is a big deal & it's their fault @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/who-is-mak...
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Who Is Making Measles Political Here?
The Grand Old Paramyxoviridae
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Who Is Making Measles Political Here? The Grand Old Paramyxoviridae rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/who-is-mak... @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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Who Is Making Measles Political Here?
The Grand Old Paramyxoviridae
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Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Rasmussen Retorts 10: Children’s Death Defense Vincent and Angie discuss an Idaho mother who has been charged with murdering her two toddlers and blaming it on a vaccine injury. @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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RR 10: Children's Death Defense
An Idaho mother has been charged with murdering her two toddlers and blaming it on a vaccine injury. Sorry for publishing this one after RR #11! Become a patron of Rasmussen Retorts at https://microbe.tv/contribute ——————————— OUR SCIENCE PODCASTS ——————————— •This Week in Virology https://bit.ly/30uUhrX •This Week in Parasitism https://bit.ly/3ndUNUZ •This Week in Microbiology https://bit.ly/33tOUeO •Beyond the Noise https://www.microbe.tv/btn/ •This Week in Evolution https://bit.ly/3ne1bf5 •Immune https://bit.ly/2HOyCVb •This Week in Neuroscience https://bit.ly/2So12Yd •Infectious Disease Puscast https://bit.ly/3K4EKF0 •Matters Microbial https://www.microbe.tv/mm/ •Office Hours https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhmZX2NKiNlI2Creg0WZ7u5ORpbLVSsP – Who Am I? – I’m Vincent Racaniello, Earth’s Virology Professor, and I believe that education should be free. I’m also a professor of virology at Columbia University in New York. I’ve been doing research on viruses since 1976, and teaching virology in classrooms and online since 1999. On this YouTube channel I share videos of my lectures, MicrobeTV podcasts, and more. New videos are uploaded several times each week. I do not run ads on our work as they are disruptive to learning. We depend on your support. If you would like to support our work, go to https://www.microbe.tv/contribute/ MicrobeTV appreciates your donation and your support of our mission. Our budget and ongoing financial health rely on accounting for and accepting irrevocable, non-refundable donations from the public. Therefore, MicrobeTV considers all donations to be nonrefundable. Content in this video should not be construed as medical advice. ——————————————————————— #microbe #viruses #coronavirus #pandemic ———————————————————————
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton saved many, many people’s lives with her contributions to the Moderna vaccine and that is what I will remember about her more than anything. We should all hope to do this much good. www.knoxnews.com/story/entert...
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Dolly Parton gave the world the gift of reading and a COVID-19 vaccine
Dolly Parton's philanthropy extended to any cause anywhere she felt she could make a difference, big or small. That’s just who she was.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Between Trump’s EO, RFKJr, measles, & school starting…we know you have questions about vaccines. @anitakpatelmd.bsky.social & I teamed up w @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social to answer them. No Q too simple or weird or hard or boring or wild. Join tomorrow at 12 pm ET! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Taylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com · 23/08/2026
I so appreciated @angierasmussen.bsky.social in this discussion, particularly her pointing out that the disinformation about science and the propaganda designed to break trust in institutions is specifically a threat to democracy - something I have been saying since 2021. youtu.be/3W4pJJ3SVis?...
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Did COVID Actually Come From a LAB?
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Trump’s Vaccine Executive Order Proves Donald Trump Hates You and Wants You Sick or Dead rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/trumps-vac...
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Trump’s Vaccine Executive Order Proves Donald Trump Hates You and Wants You Sick or Dead
This Executive Order kills children
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
For proof that Donald Trump hates you, look no further than the recent vaccine EO. The White House is discouraging the MMR while we're setting 30-yr measles records, right in time for back to school. 95% MMR needed to prevent outbreaks. US average is 92% rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/trumps-vac...
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Trump’s Vaccine Executive Order Proves Donald Trump Hates You and Wants You Sick or Dead
This Executive Order kills children
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A fascist has-been who cratered out of the first Trump administration called me a demon. Okay. Pull up a chair and watch me destroy the souls of some unworthy men. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/breaking-i...
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BREAKING: It Still Wasn't a Lab Leak and I'm Not the Crazy One Here
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a submediocre demon and ruiner of souls and in Fauci's diaries
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Truly hoping Alina Chan’s second series of NY Times op/ed-based job talks at the think tanks & policy orgs goes better than the first. Good news is that business is booming for self-promoting liars who make things up about viruses because they are totally unqualified. Exhibit A
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Not Fauci writing about me in his diary to compliment my Twitter combat proficiency vs problematic old academic white men 😎
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
BMJ: US policies are making a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases inevitable by Tiago Correia, Martin McKee, and Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @bmj.com bit.ly/4gczSy3 💥
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Here we go
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Small correction: @angelarasmussen.bsky.social is not me. She’s an amazing feminist Catholic scholar at Georgetown w/ a great sense of humor & another Catholic Angela Rasmussen with Puyallup ties who lives life with unflinching honesty: “Not a virologist” 🤣 Definitely the superior Prof Rasmussen
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I still don't believe it was a lab leak. But I'm very grateful to @ashishkjha.bsky.social for a reasonable and informative discussion about it. I am also deeply appreciative of @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @zeteo.com for providing a forum for this critical discussion zeteo.com/p/lab-leak-c...
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Did COVID-19 Actually Come From a Lab? Two Top Scientists Debate Its Origins
Anti-science Republicans are once again asserting that COVID-19 came from a lab. But does the 'lab leak' theory have any actual scientific merit? Doctors Angela Rasmussen and Ashish Jha discuss.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The White House hasn’t looked this shitty since the War of 1812
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Today I’m prowling for souls to ruin at the National Academies, where I shared my plans to use AI to destroy you and all your fascist friends
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So excited to be at Preparing for a Future of AI-Enabled Biology. Thank you to the National Academies & CEPI for inviting me to join such an incredible panel of experts to talk emerging technologies & emerging threats. Join us! I’m at 1 pm ET. Register free: nam.edu/event/prepar...
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Preparing for a Future of AI-Enabled Biology - NAM
Join NAM for its next Change Maker in Action webinar to hear from health leaders on shifting from making the case, to implementing and integrating well-being.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I’m a doctor. I’m also a survivor of sexual assault & the co-Editor-in-Chief of Vaccine. My uncle led efforts to eliminate HBV in Alaska Native communities. You know him. We all know this wrong, but you voted for RFK Jr. & Blanche anyway. I’ll never forgive you for either.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The "lab leak" "debate" has become another big ideological flag. Reality: most scientist (e.g., numerous expert reports) agree source likely natural – but we may never know. But MAGA treats the lab leak idea as if a truism. A gotcha. Nope. www.axios.com/2026/08/10/c... @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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We may never know for sure how the pandemic started
Key evidence is still missing six years later.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
There's a New mRNA Flu Shot Coming This Fall, by @angierasmussen.bsky.social: explaining the platform, going over the clinical trials, and addressing what we know and do not know. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/theres-a-n...
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There's a New mRNA Flu Shot Coming This Fall
It's all mostly good news for once
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I am only as good as my contributions to my community and it's the honor of a lifetime to be part of this one ❤️
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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New Substack from @27unihted.bsky.social just dropped breaking down decreases in NIH funding by institute and PI race. TL;DR biggest decreases in funding between 2024-2025 are for Black and Latino scientists
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Disparities in success rates at NIH: inequality across institutes, race, and more
To date in FY26, awards by month for all extramural grants are following the same trajectory as in FY25 with only about two months remaining in the fiscal year
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is how the CDC honored Officer David Rose, killed a year ago in the domestic terror attack by a shooter who believed he'd been injured by a vaccine. Truly one of the most appalling things I have ever seen.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Rand Paul broke Senate rules to recommend that Tony Fauci be prosecuted for asserting his Constitutional right not to participate in his own McCarthyist political show trial. He is a traitor & disgrace. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/fauci-guil...
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Fauci Guilty of Invoking His Constitutional Rights
Last I checked, the price of a pardon wasn't waiving your right to defend yourself in a political witch hunt
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There are lots of ways to build a coalition to fight for public health. But a new collaborationist politics is sprouting up which excuses too much & pretends that MAHA is something other than it is: a movement built to destroy & built on lies by its founders. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Collaborating With the MAHA Movement Is a Terrible Idea
Some pundits are pushing a strategic alliance with parts of RFK Jr.’s base. Here’s why they’re wrong.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
FDA approved the Moderna mRNA flu vaccine, which is great news for everyone! In clinical trials it outperformed existing flu vaccine technology so well that not even Vinay Prasad could cancel it. I talked to Scott Tong at @npr.org @hereandnow.bsky.social about it www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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What to know about the new FDA-approved flu shot using mRNA technology
The flu shot uses the same technology as the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I'm apparently terrible at group threading and I also lack the tremendous expertise of my colleagues. So I'm over here throwing rotten vegetables at Hooven, who is presently rending her garments & crying for mercy from her colleagues who criticized her for being an unscientific bigot
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I'm one of them (I study sex bias in viral infections). Here to say I am already completely annoyed because I guarantee there is no way Trump has ever used the term "gametic"
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Join us for another Freedom From Science lecture at NIH! Today Carole Hooven is attempting to give transphobia a veneer of scientific credibility so we are coming correct
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Revealing account of how Taibbi was duped by one of the biggest clowns now serving in the Trump administration. Benz is a ridiculous person who has caused enormous destruction. In addition to the BS censorship narrative, he's basically the reason Musk decided USAID needed to be destroyed.
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When Matt Taibbi Met Mike Benz
How independent media turned an obscure political operative into a "whistleblower"—and his claims into government action.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Sunday: I’ll do a quick fact check of this insane RFK Jr interview Monday: Up to 40 lies & it was only a 3 min clip! Tuesday: Ready to defend my 2nd PhD thesis on fascist quackery That's why @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social & I are holding him accountable rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
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RFK Jr is Asking to Be Proven Wrong Again So Here Are 40 Examples From Just One CNN Interview
He's just creating work for us at this point
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The conspiracy she’s referring to here is a Slack chat among scientists in 2020 where they went, “it could be a lab leak, let’s look into it!”
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@microbetv.bsky.social takes a lot of selfies with trainees at virology meetings. In these dark times, I’m so lucky to still have his wisdom, advice, & support, though I haven’t been his trainee for 20 years.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: LIVE COVERAGE: TONY FAUCI FACES OFF WITH RAND PAUL ON PANDEMIC ORIGINS open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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LIVE COVERAGE: TONY FAUCI FACES OFF WITH RAND PAUL ON PANDEMIC ORIGINS
I left early for an interview that got cancelled but I think we all saw enough
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is a great public service by @angierasmussen.bsky.social, covering a pathetic McCarthyite anti-science show trial By the way, a medical student friend of mine just had the opportunity to do clinical rounds with Dr Fauci and was incredibly inspired
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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
bsky.app/profile/angi... Shout out to @angierasmussen.bsky.social for covering this circus and telling truth to power
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