@angierasmussen.bsky.social
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.
@angierasmussen.bsky.social PinnedSo this interview lasted 2 hours so this “you’re scaring me” part might seem like an overreaction or fearmongering to someone without that context. There’s a lot of evidence to support my hypothesis that a potential H5N1 pandemic would be worse than COVID.
@angierasmussen.bsky.socialI 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
@angierasmussen.bsky.socialI already fed it to Claude but got guardrailed so fuck have to do it the old fashioned way
@amymaxmen.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.social🍿🍿🍿🍿
@angierasmussen.bsky.socialOmg lol the bounty of lake baikal. AK is dying. Initially I had hypothesized some sort of ghastly DGOF cocoon.
@adrian7745.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.social@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. 😆
@angierasmussen.bsky.socialTrying! I really empathize with your community dealing with this nonsense
@angierasmussen.bsky.socialCouldn'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.
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@angierasmussen.bsky.socialWill 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
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@enbuenora.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.socialHey just heard @angierasmussen.bsky.social on CBC News! Talking plague!
@katechase.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.socialOutside 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...
@gavinyamey.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.socialExcellent 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!)
@ngfriedman.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.socialJust 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…
@microbetv.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.socialNew 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.
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@microbetv.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.socialThe 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
@bettycjung.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.socialHow does the vaccine work?
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@markhisted.orgReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.socialYes. 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
@angierasmussen.bsky.socialDoing my best, as me and with @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social
@ngfriedman.bsky.socialReposted by @angierasmussen.bsky.social“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
@angierasmussen.bsky.socialHey Angie, I have a question. It is about:
Lesbians
COVID
Western Massachusetts
Fighting on social media about public health policy
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Goddammit, I hate being uniquely qualified for everything
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