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Rebecca C Christofferson

@rchristo.bsky.social
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Virologist/epi. Jazz, 🐈, puns. Oxford comma for evah. Views mine alone and do not represent any organizational affiliations. RT/like != endorse.

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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hello everyone! For those who might not know, I've made the move to the EU as Assoc. Professor of Global Health at the #Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental Systems. Connecting global health, biodiversity, and sustainable practices to work towards a more sane(ish) world. www.uni.lu/lcses-en/
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Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental Systems (LCSES)
Learn about the Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental Systems (LCSES), an interdisciplinary research hub for planetary health.
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Deep thoughts on the plane: I played French horn for exactly 1.5 semesters (it was hella hard) but that was enough time for me to genuinely ask: Does John Williams love or hate French horn players?
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 17/06/2026
🇨🇩 🦠 In 1976, a young Congolese doctor was sent to a remote village to look into a mysterious illness and found himself confronting Ebola, a deadly virus the world did not yet know. Fifty years later, Jean-Jacques Muyembe is still on the front line ➡️ u.afp.com/SzPo
File photo shows a worker (L) helping Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, director general of the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB), to put on protective equipment before entering a laboratory in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 20, 2026
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Have you ever heard Iranian singer Leila Forouhar's cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene"? It. Is. Magnificent. youtu.be/E3SVOJzVH2o?...
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Leila Forouhar - Joleen لیلا فروهر ـ جولین
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I’m relatively neutral on this game… except…. #worldcup2026 #fifa2026 open.spotify.com/track/0DXk3r...
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Night In Tunisia
Clifford Brown · The Beginning And The End · Song · 1973
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Autumn is ready to cheer on the Dutch! #OrangeArmy
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Ok but the Haitian team had the best names.
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Geaux Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Who wore it better? #fifaworldcup2026 #fifa2026
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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Google is leaning HARD into AI search now. If you don't want a chatbot to weigh in first when you search for simple facts like the latest Hugo award nominees, or the date of the next full moon, or whether Abraham Lincoln was a werewolf... There are alternatives, and it's easy to switch. (Thread!)
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
MAHA and MAGA's "dystopian, anti-science power grab" www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
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New Rule Would Politicize Grant Decisions, Scientists Say
Intent is to cut DEI, but scientists see a dystopian, anti-science power grab
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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Frontline Workers ‘Risking Everything’ To Contain ‘Catastrophic’ Ebola Outbreak (Live Updates) via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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Ebola Cases Top 1,000 As Outbreak Rages In Congo (Live Updates)
More than 220 people have died and there's no sign the spread is slowing.
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
RIP Sonny Rollins open.spotify.com/track/1to5Iy...
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You Don't Know What Love Is - Rudy Van Gelder Rudy Van Gelder Remastered 2006 / Shared ISRC
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
To Greenland… I’m sorry. ~A Louisianian
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IDDjobs @iddjobs.org · 06/05/2026
CLOSING SOON: Postdoc (Paris, France) Mathematical and statistical modelling of tick-borne and zoonotic diseases with Raphaelle Metras at Inserm More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/2514
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The hantavirus outbreak is, at minimum, a reminder that typological thinking doesn't work in biology. Variability and change are the signal, not noise. That's something public health really needs to learn. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Human-to-human transmission of killer hantavirus suspected in cruise ship outbreak. Here’s what that means | CBC News
After a spate of deaths and illnesses stemming from a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, health officials now suspect human-to-human transmission may have played a role in the spread of this potent...
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"R0 is not an intrinsic value characteristic of a given pathogen, but rather describes the transmissibility of that pathogen within the specific population and setting under study." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The basic reproduction number (R0) of measles: a systematic review
The basic reproduction number, R nought (R0), is defined as the average number of secondary cases of an infectious disease arising from a typical case in a totally susceptible population, and can be e...
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Well the Christofferson Lab has news. In July, we will be moving to the @uni.lu to join the Center for Socio-Environmental Sciences. We will be taking a data-centric approach to tackling Global Health issues.
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
As my community is rocked by a mass shooting we have to ask: when will it stop? Three seniors in high school among those shot, one in critical condition. I’m heart sick.
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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
NEW: "Ecological and socioeconomic factors associated with globally reported tick-borne viruses", led by @samsambado.bsky.social, in which she applied BRT modelling to a global database of TBVs to pick apart the complicated pathway from transmission to reported cases! www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Ecological and socioeconomic factors associated with globally reported tick-borne viruses - Communications Medicine
Sambado et al. examine how environmental and social conditions shape where tick-borne viruses are reported worldwide. Using machine learning, they find that both ecological and economic are important, and that wealthier nations are more likely to report these overlooked diseases.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Starmer likens Trump to Putin as he laments soaring energy costs www.politico.eu/article/star...
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Starmer likens Trump to Putin as he laments soaring energy costs
British PM says bills are going up ‘because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.’
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I do love TACO Tuesday finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-b...
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Trump Began Iran Talks as Allies Warned War Risked Disaster
(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s decision to back down from his threat to destroy Iran’s power infrastructure came after US allies and Gulf countries privately warned the president of the dangers of foll...
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood. trade disputes and conspiracies ✔️ republic subverted over sex hangups ✔️ “sand people” killed, royalty indifferent ✔️ naive idiot casts vote for tyranny ✔️ villains with silly names like “dooku” ✔️ powerful clerical order screwing up ✔️ list goes on
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Russia continues killing Ukrainians every day and is still fighting to erase us as a state. Easing russian oil sanctions now directly finances their war against Ukraine, including their tactics of terror of civilians: bombing apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, hunting people with drones,
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
adding alt to this glorious chart. h/t @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
a plot of photos of various bat species. the x axis goes from “those feratu” to “hi doggy” and the y goes from “el wiwi” to “hear it hurgling”.
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404 Media @404media.co · 24/02/2026
NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.
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This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Hey my twin brother and I have the same bday as these twins! Twin energy.
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I shared my thoughts on the ongoing bird flu transmission today www.foxnews.com/health/hundr...
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Hundreds of wild bird deaths reported across seven counties, prompting park closures
Bird flu suspected in mass goose deaths across seven New Jersey counties. Health experts warn residents to avoid contact with dead birds and to report findings.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Weaponizing the FDA Against Vaccines: "Weaponizing the FDA to make arbitrary, unsupportable decisions will only discourage companies from pursuing newer, better vaccines. Which, sadly, appears to be the goal." via @pauloffit.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
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Weaponizing the FDA Against Vaccines
By rejecting Moderna’s application for an mRNA influenza vaccine, RFK Jr.’s FDA is advancing his anti-vaccine agenda.
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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 18/02/2026
UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis. “They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.” thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
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2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicolás & His Mother Were ‘Abandoned Across the Border’ Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronchitis, Castro Says
“His life is in danger,” Congressman Castro said Tuesday about the baby.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Jeffrey Epstein was investigated for being a Russian spy Polish PM says photographs suggest financier was recruited to supply Moscow with kompromat — as Christopher Steele notes Robert Maxwell connection www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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Jeffrey Epstein investigated for being a Russian spy
Polish PM says photographs suggest financier was recruited to supply Moscow with kompromat — as Christopher Steele notes Robert Maxwell connection
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The Global Vector Hub @globalvectorhub.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
📢 European Commission @ec.europa.eu @euclimateaction.bsky.social: " #Paris, #Vienna, #Zagreb and other European cities will be at more risk of #dengue, #Zika and #chikungunya #outbreaks as #ClimateChange expands #mosquito range 🦟" environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Oh my God, this is simply not possible. It cannot be possible. The NIH director, the DIRECTOR, does not know what actually happens at the NIH. Like, what?! [My best friend spent two decades at NIH as an intramural researcher; the NIH has an intramural research program, irp.nih.gov/].
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
As an ID physician who was on the frontlines of #COVID from the beginning and saw countless people die of this disease I find this take from Bhattacharya to be insulting. It disrespects every healthworker who risked their life and the patients who died.
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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Children are dying in the US concentration camps www.cbsnews.com/news/anadith...
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Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days
The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.
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Sarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
User @backintimeag: 
The text “Kirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you can’t see the links between the people in this photo and ICE kidnapping, torturing, & murdering people, then you really are not paying attention at all. At all. See, for example, this astounding piece by @sarahdigregorio.bsky.social www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
Trump, RFK Jr, and members of their health cabinet, including Drs Oz, Bhattacharya, and Makary
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This bullshit always makes my blood boil. It’s actually not illegal to organize a protest! Protests are rarely spontaneous! Someone has to make them happen. Sometimes those people also provide messaging, and did you know printing is really easily accessible now??
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The people who yell about 2nd amendments rights will be the same people who will say that a man shot by ICE shouldn’t have had a gun.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Please keep in mind this number does not include people who died in ICE detention. Last year 32 died in custody, the most in decades. This year there have already been 5 deaths-- including one ruled a homicide abcnews.go.com/US/cuban-imm...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
DOJ lies. DHS lies. ICE lies. That has been established. Do not repeat their claims as fact. Their claims are arguments or, often, misleading propaganda — when not outright lies. They are seeking to make a case for their lawlessness (and to please Trump), not seeking to inform.
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I can’t believe I have to post this. But the polio vaccine is absolutely necessary. 🤦‍♀️
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE is immoral.
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Joy Franco, PhD @engineeringjoy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Your written protocols and lab notebooks are a love letter to your future self (whether it’s you or a future lab member). Please be kind. Here are some critical things I have frequently noticed missing: (feel free to add yours in thread 🧵)
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Rebecca C Christofferson @rchristo.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
$10 says it's a hematoma www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Incredibly, E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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