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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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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11h
I joined @thebigstory.bsky.social to talk about the maybe-it-is/maybe-it-isn't outbreak of plague in Russia and what we really should be worried about in terms of preparedness and security
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 22h
I already fed it to Claude but got guardrailed so fuck have to do it the old fashioned way
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 23h
Omg lol the bounty of lake baikal. AK is dying. Initially I had hypothesized some sort of ghastly DGOF cocoon.
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Adrian Egli @adrian7745.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@matthewcort.land Dr. Rasmussen and spouse AK spotting so much bullshitting in Annie Jacoben's plague lab leak book that I was LMAO. When you also read about how bad the LLM slop Jacoben used, you'll laugh too. 😆
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trying! I really empathize with your community dealing with this nonsense
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Couldn't wait to finish Biological War: A Scenario to put Annie Jacobsen on blast for her contributions to disinforming the public about plague, pandemic risk, & Russian bioweapons so that she can use a crisis to sell her book on the national news. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/annie-jaco...
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Annie Jacobsen’s Expertise in One Photo
Fearmongering For Profit: A Scenario launches on my Substack later this week
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Will Russian lab leak plague (?) become a pandemic? Is it a bioweapon? Is it even plague? WHO KNOWS?!? Fantastic epi @gidmk.bsky.social & I broke down what little we do know about the situation rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-plague-u...
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A Plague Upon Siberia
There was a lab leak at a plague research lab in Irkutsk. Does this mean the Black Death is back?
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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hey just heard @angierasmussen.bsky.social on CBC News! Talking plague!
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Kate in Pittsburgh ⚾️ @katechase.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Outside of my usual, but we’re seeing a lot of plague fear posts so I’m linking this interview with @angierasmussen.bsky.social where she explains how not freaked out almost everyone on the planet needs to be over what’s happening with the Russia lab situation. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/e...
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Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN
Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Excellent interview with @angierasmussen.bsky.social on CNN about the reported case of plague in Russia It’s good to hear from an actual expert like Dr Rasmussen (there are plenty of “armchair” commentators who don’t really know what they’re talking about!) www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/w...
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Virologist tells CNN about infection at Russian plague lab | CNN
Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and Science Chair for Save America Movement, joins Omar Jimenez to discuss what we know about the worker at the Russian plague lab who is dead of an “unknown” infection....
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Nina Friedman @ngfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just went to a fantastic talk at NIH by @kgandersen.bsky.social on the origins of SARS-CoV-2. We worked together on a counterprogramming lecture (linked) when Matt Ridley joined Jay Bhattacharya for the inaugural “Scientific Freedom” lecture at NIH, but I learned even more from watching…
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NIH FFS: The Freedom From Science Lab Leak Lecture Series
The NIH Director invited a conspiracy theorist to present his evidence-free,views on how the pandemic started. So I brought my co-conspirators to set them straight.
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Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New from Rasmussen Retorts! Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has spent most of the past two years attempting to destroy federal research funding in various ways, and in some cases with great success. @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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RR14: Russell Vought’s Plan to Gut the NIH and What It Could Cost America
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Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The NIH drug that changed Russell Vought’s daughter’s life Watch RR 14: Russell Vought’s Plan to Gut the NIH and What It Could Cost America @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How does the vaccine work? rasmussenretorts.substack.com/i/215029745/... @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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Everything You Need to Know About the Measles Vaccine
Five unvaccinated people died from measles in Pennsylvania. Florida is teetering on the edge of a massive outbreak. If you’ve never gotten measles, you need to get the MMR
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026
Yes. And not (just) the leaders of universities. It is many of the leaders of the scientific organizations too. With a few notable exceptions—like UCS and Stand Up for Science—sci orgs are choosing to maximize bipartisanship rather
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Doing my best, as me and with @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social
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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
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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 · 22/09/2026
Seems things have changed a bit since Jesse had me on
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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
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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
She's awesome! And thank you for everything you do. ✊
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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
Yeah we aren’t making new humans. At least I’m not
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