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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH

@tatezoe.bsky.social
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Healer, Naturalistic Thinker, & Truth Teller she/her 🇿🇼✍🏾🧠☯️🐘

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NPR @npr.org · 05/09/2026
The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition. n.pr/4cq8Sdp
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The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size
The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I finally published the AI essay I’ve had in the vault for almost a year. It’s about moving past “AI good or bad?” and asking better questions about creativity, cognitive friction, water, data centers, responsibility, and what we can redesign. tatendamakoni.substack.com/p/we-keep-as... #AI
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I came to America through community college in Texas, then Gordon, Hopkins, research, Botswana, medical school, and eventually the choice to leave medicine. But the real story is the people who carried me through it all. I was chosen. I chose too tatendamakoni.substack.com/p/the-gift-d...
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The Gift Does Not Contain Instructions
On Tracee Ellis Ross, the American Dream, and Learning to Receive Without Owing the Ending
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Hamilton wrote his own deliverance rather than be defined by a lie. I know the instinct. MCW confirmed I did not resign, but questions remain. My essay asks how to build systems where fewer people must expose their wounds to correct the record. tatendamakoni.substack.com/p/i-wrote-my...
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I was never taught to go quietly. After two years mentoring students through AMP, Workday recorded that I resigned. I did not. My concern is not with my PI, whom I respect, but with a process that removed my access without notice. Substack 🔗: tatendamakoni.substack.com/p/i-was-neve... #academia
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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The Gift They Called Rebellion
On Church, Medicine, Kalen Allen, and the Gift Institutions Tried to Contain
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
When incoming doctors cannot start because of paperwork delays, the cost does not stay inside immigration systems. It lands in hospitals. It lands on care teams. It lands on patients. 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/tatendam... #medicine #residency #immigration
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I withdrew from medical school. Then I read The Alchemist. Then I understood what I had actually let go of. Some structures look like purpose until you outgrow them. The sheep were real. They just weren't the calling. Congrats to my brilliant friend Dr. Nkomboni 💐 open.substack.com/pub/tatendam...
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A friend sent me an essay from Compact by a medical student named Forrest Bohler, a fourth-year at Oakland University and incoming plastic surgery resident at Penn, and I was ready to drag it. Turns out the more interesting part was what it forced me to think through. tatendamakoni.substack.com
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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When Speech Is Permitted but Not Possible
Power, Evaluation, and the Architecture of Silence in Academic Medicine
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2026
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ theonion.com/supreme-court-overturn…
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’
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Kerith Burke @kerithburke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Wemby: “I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions.” This is amazing.

"Wemby's too emotional." "Wemby should stop crying." "Wemby's gay."
Can we stop with the tired old clichés that treat emotions as a weakness, either in sports or in life in general?
I asked Wemby about why that is. Here's his response:
"That's a tough question. I think it's first and foremost a fear of judgment. Like this feeling that you have to act a certain way, social codes, I guess. Personally, I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions."
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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When Speech Is Permitted but Not Possible
White Medicine, Withdrawing from MCW, and What We Owe Ourselves and Our Patients
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Cherry blossoms in Japan.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I repeated my first course in medical school three times. This essay begins there. BREATHING IN TENSION explores how humans and institutions survive pressure by metabolizing tension into growth. Body. Mind. Nation. One principle. Subscribe 🔗: tatendamakoni.substack.com?utm_campaign...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Well well well.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/02/2026
Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
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Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The thing about this that is so enraging to me is that the FDA blessed running this study and 41,000 volunteers (heroes!) put their bodies on the line so we can benefit and that data is thrown away for nothing. (Btw I have no stock in Moderna or any other pharma) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
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F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Heart Does Not Wait for Permission open.substack.com/pub/tatendam... #MedSky
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
#IDSky I always email residents rotating with me survival tips for their time of the ID consult service. I like to keep this short and high yield but I am constantly editing and improving the tip sheet. What would you add or remove. It cannot be longer that one page 😊.
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
“The heart begins working before it is fully formed. Movements do too. Communities respond to harm the same way bodies do. Pressure becomes instruction.” Minnesota is demonstrating this principle in real time. Bodies act under pressure. Communities do the same. 🧧: account.venmo.com/u/Tatenda-Ma...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Fascinating obituary of Peter Duesberg who went from renowned scientist discovering the first viral oncogene to HIV denialist who influenced Thabo Mbeki and HIV policy in S. Africa which led to millions dying. Human beings are complex creatures indeed. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
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Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned H.I.V. Denialist, Dies
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
@kstephensonmd.bsky.social 🫶🏾❣️ That said, @idsainfo.bsky.social, I feel like I've paid my dues 🫣😅 Can you just tell me I'm exempt from submitting a fellowship application 🫠 #IDSkye
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I used to write to prove something. Now I write to remember what I lost. I Write Anyway Essay link 🔗👇🏾 open.substack.com/pub/tatendam...
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I Write Anyway
On AuADHD, Grief, and Reclaiming the Rhythm of My Mind
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Sharing my essay featured in the Dec 2025 issue of @acadmedjournal.bsky.social Written for my mom & her physician, Dr. P Hazangwe, it felt too raw to share in August when it went live online. But choosing to be brave! Quoting my fav, “raise your 🥂 to freedom, something they can never take away…”
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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The Quiet Beginning of Medicine
Trainee Letters to the Editor
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
#AIDSDay2025 open.substack.com/pub/tatendam...
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Y'all know I love that horse lady! My last piece was about her and yes, this one circled back too. The muse is the muse. I just follow where she points. Inspired by a history that refuses to stay silent. Link to my Substack in bio👆🏾
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy! absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Gilead’s trial participants outside the U.S. deserve more than to be studied. They deserve access to the drugs they helped make possible! In my first @statnews.com piece, I call for global equity regarding lenacapavir. Thanks @thekibosch.bsky.social for holding my story with care 🫶🏾 #IDSky
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Could an HIV miracle drug actually reach people like my parents?
Can an HIV miracle drug actually reach people like my parents?
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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
When you strip away humanity
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Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
If you see this picture in your IDSA daily news, just know that I’m mortified 🤣 Saving grace is standing with my amazing mentee Tatenda Makoni @tatezoe.bsky.social ❤️
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
First SNMA Annual Medical Education Conference #AMEC
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Year ✌🏾 of planning the Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast with @fenwayhealth.bsky.social! #Boston fam, come through! My girl, former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, will be gracing us with her presence, & you do not want to miss it! Register here: fenwayhealth.org/help/events/...
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I feel like I’m part of some bizarre experiment—because there’s no way this is real 🤔
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I’ll never forgive y’all for not voting for that lady. Now I can’t even listen to Lemonade without mourning what could have been 😭
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 12/03/2025
The largest private employer in Baltimore just lost $800 million in federal contracts and grants. This recession is going to be a doozy.
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Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The global fund will roll out twice yearly Lenacapavir for prevention of HIV with or without #PEPFAR. Now the US contributes 30% of the global fund donations which is likely to disappear. Still important the fund is not backing away from this commitment 👏🏼. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
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The Global Fund will roll out the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab — with or without Pepfar - Bhekisisa
The major backer of the lenacapavir roll-out is assuring nervous researchers that they will keep their part of funding promises. It’s a good economic investment, says the Fund’s Peter Sands, into a ga...
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
@drjessigold.bsky.social 👋🏾 currently reading your book and I just want to say THANK YOU! 🥹
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
👋🏾 @mcuban.bsky.social first year medical student here looking for opportunities to learn/work with @costplusdrugs.com
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school 👇🏾 I’m Tatenda and I’m a habitual noise maker.
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Any Kendrick Lamar fans on here?👀 #GNX
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Someone please tell me for real for real, is this the “Bad Place”? 🤦🏽‍♀️
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I’ve been following @wetheurban.bsky.social for a while now, and Willie Greene has truly been my Instagram therapist lol. Decided to celebrate myself with this early birthday gift 🫶🏾
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
👋🏾 #BlueSky and #IDSky! I’m Tatenda, a med student passionate about infectious diseases and global health. Still navigating my place in the world of medicine. Also, a pop culture enthusiast—if I weren’t in medicine, I’d probably be Beyoncé’s publicist 🤭
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Aleks Mineyko🇨🇦🇵🇱 @aleksmineyko.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Polio, Pertussis, Tetanus
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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH @tatezoe.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
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