Angie Rasmussen
@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.
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So 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.
There’s a lot of evidence to support my hypothesis that a potential H5N1 pandemic would be worse than COVID.
I just published this and you have got to be fucking kidding me. HHS Chief Science Officer Martin Kulldorff is one of the worst things that could happen to HHS.
Does this mean Kulldorff is stepping down as the chair of ACIP? I suppose it does open up a slot for Wakefield.
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Does this mean Kulldorff is stepping down as the chair of ACIP? I suppose it does open up a slot for Wakefield.
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inbox: Martin Kulldorff appointed to a senior role at HHS
He'll serve as chief scientist of agency's in-house think and advise RFK Jr
Kulldorff, a Great Barrington co-author, has been criticized by public health groups
(Jay Bhattacharya, another Great Barrington co-author, currently leads NIH)
He'll serve as chief scientist of agency's in-house think and advise RFK Jr
Kulldorff, a Great Barrington co-author, has been criticized by public health groups
(Jay Bhattacharya, another Great Barrington co-author, currently leads NIH)
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I just published this and you have got to be fucking kidding me. HHS Chief Science Officer Martin Kulldorff is one of the worst things that could happen to HHS.
Does this mean Kulldorff is stepping down as the chair of ACIP? I suppose it does open up a slot for Wakefield.
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Does this mean Kulldorff is stepping down as the chair of ACIP? I suppose it does open up a slot for Wakefield.
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If you disliked Vinay Prasad's CBER memo that outlined his plans to destroy evidence-based vaccine regulation based on unsupported claims that COVID vaccines kill children, you are REALLY going to hate what is going down at this week’s ACIP meeting.
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The Vaccinated Dead Make Their ACIP Debut
What happens at FDA CBER doesn't stay at FDA CBER
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you disliked Vinay Prasad's CBER memo that outlined his plans to destroy evidence-based vaccine regulation based on unsupported claims that COVID vaccines kill children, you are REALLY going to hate what is going down at this week’s ACIP meeting.
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On ChatGPTs and the larger world of LLMs, this paragraph (and article) is on point.
"... according to its true believers, is that it is never in its final form..."
Hence, keep sending money. Hundreds of billions, please.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
"... according to its true believers, is that it is never in its final form..."
Hence, keep sending money. Hundreds of billions, please.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
On ChatGPTs and the larger world of LLMs, this paragraph (and article) is on point.
"... according to its true believers, is that it is never in its final form..."
Hence, keep sending money. Hundreds of billions, please.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
"... according to its true believers, is that it is never in its final form..."
Hence, keep sending money. Hundreds of billions, please.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Do Unvaccinated Kids Make You Horny? open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Do Unvaccinated Kids Make You Horny?
Don't settle for being the scourge of CBER and the COVID ward at the children's hospital when you can also be the scourge of Hinge
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November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Do Unvaccinated Kids Make You Horny? open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
Straight from the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social:
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Do Unvaccinated Kids Make You Horny?
Don't settle for being the scourge of CBER and the COVID ward at the children's hospital when you can also be the scourge of Hinge
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Straight from the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social:
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What does manipulating VAERS data have in common with allegations of extramarital tail-chasing?
The quality of evidence that 10 kids died from COVID vaccines with VAERS data or that CBER Steve Urkel is trolling for side pieces on the apps is equivalent.
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The quality of evidence that 10 kids died from COVID vaccines with VAERS data or that CBER Steve Urkel is trolling for side pieces on the apps is equivalent.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What does manipulating VAERS data have in common with allegations of extramarital tail-chasing?
The quality of evidence that 10 kids died from COVID vaccines with VAERS data or that CBER Steve Urkel is trolling for side pieces on the apps is equivalent.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
The quality of evidence that 10 kids died from COVID vaccines with VAERS data or that CBER Steve Urkel is trolling for side pieces on the apps is equivalent.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
I’m thankful for people like @angierasmussen.bsky.social working so hard to help keep the world safe and people like Cody, for making the news bearable.
Happy Holidays my friends!
Happy Holidays my friends!
New Episode!
Challenging the NIH’s new “pandemic playbook” and COVID revisionism.
With the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social
iTunes: tinyurl.com/yr4djnmc
Spotify: tinyurl.com/msnmprrm
Challenging the NIH’s new “pandemic playbook” and COVID revisionism.
With the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social
iTunes: tinyurl.com/yr4djnmc
Spotify: tinyurl.com/msnmprrm
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m thankful for people like @angierasmussen.bsky.social working so hard to help keep the world safe and people like Cody, for making the news bearable.
Happy Holidays my friends!
Happy Holidays my friends!
Vinay Prasad sent Tracey Høeg dumpster diving in VAERS for pretext to block access to flu vaccines, alter safety standards, end combo vaccines, & hold clinical trials to impossible standards.
CBER is supposed to regulate vaccines, not withhold them. FDA is as broken as CDC.
CBER is supposed to regulate vaccines, not withhold them. FDA is as broken as CDC.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Vinay Prasad sent Tracey Høeg dumpster diving in VAERS for pretext to block access to flu vaccines, alter safety standards, end combo vaccines, & hold clinical trials to impossible standards.
CBER is supposed to regulate vaccines, not withhold them. FDA is as broken as CDC.
CBER is supposed to regulate vaccines, not withhold them. FDA is as broken as CDC.
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
Exactly right:
“More disease means a much larger market for the supplements and miracle cures he and his friends are selling. More disease means there will always be a need for MAHA. More disease means more death, and the body count will be the achievement by which Kennedy’s legacy is measured.”
“More disease means a much larger market for the supplements and miracle cures he and his friends are selling. More disease means there will always be a need for MAHA. More disease means more death, and the body count will be the achievement by which Kennedy’s legacy is measured.”
Every day is a new opportunity for RFK Jr to make more kids susceptible to more preventable diseases, and every day is a new opportunity for us to stop this culty fucking creep from killing more of our kids
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The Church of Disease Chronicity and Proliferation
Preventable disease is RFK, Jr's religion so I'm calling for a crusade
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Exactly right:
“More disease means a much larger market for the supplements and miracle cures he and his friends are selling. More disease means there will always be a need for MAHA. More disease means more death, and the body count will be the achievement by which Kennedy’s legacy is measured.”
“More disease means a much larger market for the supplements and miracle cures he and his friends are selling. More disease means there will always be a need for MAHA. More disease means more death, and the body count will be the achievement by which Kennedy’s legacy is measured.”
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
Every day is a new opportunity for RFK Jr to make more kids susceptible to more preventable diseases, and every day is a new opportunity for us to stop this culty fucking creep from killing more of our kids
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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The Church of Disease Chronicity and Proliferation
Preventable disease is RFK, Jr's religion so I'm calling for a crusade
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Every day is a new opportunity for RFK Jr to make more kids susceptible to more preventable diseases, and every day is a new opportunity for us to stop this culty fucking creep from killing more of our kids
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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Are you in the mood for more scorn toward dishonest US health officials? I’m always in the mood to heap it on.
As always, a great conversation with @kavehmd.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social! Thanks, Kaveh ❤️
As always, a great conversation with @kavehmd.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social! Thanks, Kaveh ❤️
New Episode!
Challenging the NIH’s new “pandemic playbook” and COVID revisionism.
With the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social
iTunes: tinyurl.com/yr4djnmc
Spotify: tinyurl.com/msnmprrm
Challenging the NIH’s new “pandemic playbook” and COVID revisionism.
With the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social
iTunes: tinyurl.com/yr4djnmc
Spotify: tinyurl.com/msnmprrm
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Are you in the mood for more scorn toward dishonest US health officials? I’m always in the mood to heap it on.
As always, a great conversation with @kavehmd.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social! Thanks, Kaveh ❤️
As always, a great conversation with @kavehmd.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social! Thanks, Kaveh ❤️
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
I did say this.
I also said that RFK Jr is “one of the world’s most dangerous anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists, and she [Nuzzi] made light of that and really downplayed it and defanged his extreme views. She allowed him to argue that he’d just simply been misunderstood.”
I also said that RFK Jr is “one of the world’s most dangerous anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists, and she [Nuzzi] made light of that and really downplayed it and defanged his extreme views. She allowed him to argue that he’d just simply been misunderstood.”
“In elevating someone who has now become essentially the most powerful person in public health in the country and who is taking a wrecking ball to public health institutions, she has done untold damage." – @gavinyamey.bsky.social in @melodyschreiber.com's piece.
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I did say this.
I also said that RFK Jr is “one of the world’s most dangerous anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists, and she [Nuzzi] made light of that and really downplayed it and defanged his extreme views. She allowed him to argue that he’d just simply been misunderstood.”
I also said that RFK Jr is “one of the world’s most dangerous anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists, and she [Nuzzi] made light of that and really downplayed it and defanged his extreme views. She allowed him to argue that he’d just simply been misunderstood.”
I sometimes go down various science conspiracy rabbit holes, so when the big Genesis Mission announcement dropped yesterday, it triggered me to go off on one of my favorites: MAHA medbeds.
All the AIxBio hype in the world does not make fantasy a reality
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All the AIxBio hype in the world does not make fantasy a reality
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I Demand My MAHA Genesis Mission Medbed
But I'll settle for vaccines and a functional health system since medbeds don't exist no matter how much AI you throw at it
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I sometimes go down various science conspiracy rabbit holes, so when the big Genesis Mission announcement dropped yesterday, it triggered me to go off on one of my favorites: MAHA medbeds.
All the AIxBio hype in the world does not make fantasy a reality
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/i-demand-m...
All the AIxBio hype in the world does not make fantasy a reality
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/i-demand-m...
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
RFK Jr described by those who know him best:
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
RFK Jr described by those who know him best:
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I stopped by The Incubator to have a little chat with my PhD mentor @microbetv.bsky.social about H5N1 bird flu.
I guess I’m all grown up as a virologist now that my teacher is asking me questions, but as Prof. Racaniello taught me, you should never stop learning ❤️🦠
I guess I’m all grown up as a virologist now that my teacher is asking me questions, but as Prof. Racaniello taught me, you should never stop learning ❤️🦠
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I stopped by The Incubator to have a little chat with my PhD mentor @microbetv.bsky.social about H5N1 bird flu.
I guess I’m all grown up as a virologist now that my teacher is asking me questions, but as Prof. Racaniello taught me, you should never stop learning ❤️🦠
I guess I’m all grown up as a virologist now that my teacher is asking me questions, but as Prof. Racaniello taught me, you should never stop learning ❤️🦠
Is bird flu back?
Yes and it’s everywhere. I just can’t say no to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social when he keeps asking me back to talk about viruses.
Today we’ll be on IG Live for @medpagetoday.com at 11 am ET. Let’s discuss all the H5 viruses!
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Yes and it’s everywhere. I just can’t say no to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social when he keeps asking me back to talk about viruses.
Today we’ll be on IG Live for @medpagetoday.com at 11 am ET. Let’s discuss all the H5 viruses!
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Preview: Is Bird Flu Back? With guest Dr. Angela Rasmussen. (Yes, we managed to book her again 🙌)
Join us today, Friday, November 21 at 11 a.m. ET on Instagram Live.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Is bird flu back?
Yes and it’s everywhere. I just can’t say no to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social when he keeps asking me back to talk about viruses.
Today we’ll be on IG Live for @medpagetoday.com at 11 am ET. Let’s discuss all the H5 viruses!
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Yes and it’s everywhere. I just can’t say no to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social when he keeps asking me back to talk about viruses.
Today we’ll be on IG Live for @medpagetoday.com at 11 am ET. Let’s discuss all the H5 viruses!
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
I certainly did not like last night's "update" to the CDC website suggesting that vaccines do cause autism after all. I liked it even less when I thought about what that means for the upcoming ACIP meeting.
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Preventable Disease Holiday Giving Guide
Let's see where the Advisory Clown Car on Immunization Practices is going this meeting
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November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I certainly did not like last night's "update" to the CDC website suggesting that vaccines do cause autism after all. I liked it even less when I thought about what that means for the upcoming ACIP meeting.
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Video: @angierasmussen.bsky.social and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social critique Jay Bhattacharya/Matthew Memoli essay on NIH pandemic preparedness efforts
👉 bit.ly/4i9izOV
👉 bit.ly/4i9izOV
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Video: @angierasmussen.bsky.social and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social critique Jay Bhattacharya/Matthew Memoli essay on NIH pandemic preparedness efforts
👉 bit.ly/4i9izOV
👉 bit.ly/4i9izOV
Also other people’s expertise is very inconvenient for profiting off pseudoscientific bullshit
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Also other people’s expertise is very inconvenient for profiting off pseudoscientific bullshit
Getting ready for the upcoming ACIP meeting, I see. If your kids haven’t had their first MMR dose, get it as soon as you can.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Getting ready for the upcoming ACIP meeting, I see. If your kids haven’t had their first MMR dose, get it as soon as you can.
Thanks, Crof!!!
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social is highly informative: The Real Subtypes of the 2025 Flu Season open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
The Real Subtypes of the 2025 Flu Season
Have you ever been to a party where you sensed the messiness before it happened?
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November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thanks, Crof!!!
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Excellent if worrying from @angierasmussen.bsky.social on the latest trends on flu in the states and canada. Highlighting how difficult it is with the cuts to CDC for monitoring viruses and testing human infections.
The Real Subtypes of the 2025 Flu Season
Have you ever been to a party where you sensed the messiness before it happened?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Excellent if worrying from @angierasmussen.bsky.social on the latest trends on flu in the states and canada. Highlighting how difficult it is with the cuts to CDC for monitoring viruses and testing human infections.
I've got a bad feeling about the upcoming flu season, given the fact that there are a bunch of subtypes at this party with the potential to wreak varying amounts of havoc. So I broke it all down here.
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The Real Subtypes of the 2025 Flu Season
Have you ever been to a party where you sensed the messiness before it happened?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've got a bad feeling about the upcoming flu season, given the fact that there are a bunch of subtypes at this party with the potential to wreak varying amounts of havoc. So I broke it all down here.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness.
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
A rebuttal to NIH leadership's screed against pandemic preparedness.
Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins Inside Medicine for a tag-team response to a poorly reasoned essay by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and his deputy, Dr. Matthew Memoli.
insidemedicine.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.