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.
Vi får se hvordan dette går (I put a potato in my mouth when I typed that)
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January 3, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Vi får se hvordan dette går (I put a potato in my mouth when I typed that)
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@microbetv.bsky.social is a legend in both doing & teaching virology. Now that means speaking up about what Trump & RFK Jr are doing to science & public health.
So when he asked if I'd join forces on a show to break it down & rant, I said “obviously.”
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So when he asked if I'd join forces on a show to break it down & rant, I said “obviously.”
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Rasmussen Retorts: Episode 1
YOUR FAVORITE VIRUS AND VACCINE SUBSTACK IS NOW YOUR SECOND FAVORITE VIRUS AND VACCINE SHOW ON MICROBETV AFTER TWiV!
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January 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
@microbetv.bsky.social is a legend in both doing & teaching virology. Now that means speaking up about what Trump & RFK Jr are doing to science & public health.
So when he asked if I'd join forces on a show to break it down & rant, I said “obviously.”
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/rasmussen-...
So when he asked if I'd join forces on a show to break it down & rant, I said “obviously.”
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/rasmussen-...
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Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social teams up with her mentor Dr. Vincent Racaniello: Rasmussen Retorts: Episode 1 open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Rasmussen Retorts: Episode 1
YOUR FAVORITE VIRUS AND VACCINE SUBSTACK IS NOW YOUR SECOND FAVORITE VIRUS AND VACCINE SHOW ON MICROBETV AFTER TWiV!
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January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social teams up with her mentor Dr. Vincent Racaniello: Rasmussen Retorts: Episode 1 open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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Being profoundly upset about the 51st state stuff was not an unreasonable reaction.
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Being profoundly upset about the 51st state stuff was not an unreasonable reaction.
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Rasmussen Retorts ep 1 @angierasmussen.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Rasmussen Retorts ep 1 @angierasmussen.bsky.social
Genuinely beside myself that @microbetv.bsky.social thought it would be a good idea to do a show with me ranting about my dim view of most things Danish...but, as always, he was right!
If you want to see more of me over at MicrobeTV, take a look & let us know what you think.
Thank you, Vincent!❤️
If you want to see more of me over at MicrobeTV, take a look & let us know what you think.
Thank you, Vincent!❤️
New from Microbetv
Rasmussen Retorts: The anti-vaccine calls are coming from the White House ☎️
Angie Rasmussen joins Vincent to discuss the presidential memorandum ordering RFK Jr to review the US childhood vaccination schedule and revise it to be more like other countries.
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Rasmussen Retorts: The anti-vaccine calls are coming from the White House ☎️
Angie Rasmussen joins Vincent to discuss the presidential memorandum ordering RFK Jr to review the US childhood vaccination schedule and revise it to be more like other countries.
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Rasmussen Retorts: The anti-vaccine calls are coming from the White House
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January 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Genuinely beside myself that @microbetv.bsky.social thought it would be a good idea to do a show with me ranting about my dim view of most things Danish...but, as always, he was right!
If you want to see more of me over at MicrobeTV, take a look & let us know what you think.
Thank you, Vincent!❤️
If you want to see more of me over at MicrobeTV, take a look & let us know what you think.
Thank you, Vincent!❤️
Mpox is transmitted by sex, but is it transmitted by semen?
We first need to know if the virus is actually replicating in the testes, so that’s what we set out to find, led by @akelvinlab.bsky.social
Yep, there’s MPXV growing in those balls!
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We first need to know if the virus is actually replicating in the testes, so that’s what we set out to find, led by @akelvinlab.bsky.social
Yep, there’s MPXV growing in those balls!
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Is that Mpox in Your Balls or Are You Just Happy to See This Preprint?
Deez disordered seminiferous tubules
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January 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Mpox is transmitted by sex, but is it transmitted by semen?
We first need to know if the virus is actually replicating in the testes, so that’s what we set out to find, led by @akelvinlab.bsky.social
Yep, there’s MPXV growing in those balls!
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/is-that-mp...
We first need to know if the virus is actually replicating in the testes, so that’s what we set out to find, led by @akelvinlab.bsky.social
Yep, there’s MPXV growing in those balls!
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/is-that-mp...
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@angierasmussen.bsky.social lays out some important context to any calls to align our vaccines with other "peer" countries: youtu.be/60VRcuXUztg #denmarkisnottheusa #vaccinessavelives (thx to @microbetv.bsky.social for publishing this!)
Rasmussen Retorts: The anti-vaccine calls are coming from the White House
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January 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
@angierasmussen.bsky.social lays out some important context to any calls to align our vaccines with other "peer" countries: youtu.be/60VRcuXUztg #denmarkisnottheusa #vaccinessavelives (thx to @microbetv.bsky.social for publishing this!)
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Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social's 2025 Year in Review: Good Company in the Gulag open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
2025 Year in Review: Good Company in the Gulag
Some reflections and my deepest gratitude to all of you. Plus: TAKE MY READER SURVEY! and return on investment for paid subscribers!
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January 1, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social's 2025 Year in Review: Good Company in the Gulag open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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This is what peak male performance looks like according to MAHA. Three half chin ups, three half push ups and dog walking ellipticals.
Jay & Matt hope you watch their incredible pushup form instead of the $500M they gave themselves based on work that is definitively “dangerous gain-of-function” (DGOF) research. They also terminated grants doing similar work for being DGOF.
Hypocrites
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Hypocrites
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Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
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December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is what peak male performance looks like according to MAHA. Three half chin ups, three half push ups and dog walking ellipticals.
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Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Who is Up For Some Explosive Statutorily Required Policy Advisory Meeting Action? open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Who is Up For Some Explosive Statutorily Required Policy Advisory Meeting Action?
Ring in the new year with all of 2025's legally mandated Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines meetings in one thrilling afternoon
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December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Who is Up For Some Explosive Statutorily Required Policy Advisory Meeting Action? open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
I watched the ACCV meeting yesterday so that you didn’t have to. I even used Microsoft TEAMS to do it. 2 hours of boring federal government expertise, just the way I like it!
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Who is Up For Some Explosive Statutorily Required Policy Advisory Meeting Action?
Ring in the new year with all of 2025's legally mandated Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines meetings in one thrilling afternoon
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I watched the ACCV meeting yesterday so that you didn’t have to. I even used Microsoft TEAMS to do it. 2 hours of boring federal government expertise, just the way I like it!
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Workouts From the Cringe, by @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Drs. Bhattacharya & Memoli waste government money on cringe videos instead of doing their work, while channeling hundreds of millions to pet projects without process. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Warning: the video is, in fact, cringe.
Warning: the video is, in fact, cringe.
Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
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December 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Workouts From the Cringe, by @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Drs. Bhattacharya & Memoli waste government money on cringe videos instead of doing their work, while channeling hundreds of millions to pet projects without process. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Warning: the video is, in fact, cringe.
Warning: the video is, in fact, cringe.
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Oh my God, it's always illuminating, educational, & inspiring, & it's often deeply entertaining, to read the great virologist
@angierasmussen.bsky.social (one of the Editors-in-Chief of the mighty journal Vaccine), but this time she's taken it to an even higher level of wit, brilliance, & insight!
@angierasmussen.bsky.social (one of the Editors-in-Chief of the mighty journal Vaccine), but this time she's taken it to an even higher level of wit, brilliance, & insight!
Jay & Matt hope you watch their incredible pushup form instead of the $500M they gave themselves based on work that is definitively “dangerous gain-of-function” (DGOF) research. They also terminated grants doing similar work for being DGOF.
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Oh my God, it's always illuminating, educational, & inspiring, & it's often deeply entertaining, to read the great virologist
@angierasmussen.bsky.social (one of the Editors-in-Chief of the mighty journal Vaccine), but this time she's taken it to an even higher level of wit, brilliance, & insight!
@angierasmussen.bsky.social (one of the Editors-in-Chief of the mighty journal Vaccine), but this time she's taken it to an even higher level of wit, brilliance, & insight!
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Her newsletter is always great, but @angierasmussen.bsky.social is 🔥 today. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
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December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Her newsletter is always great, but @angierasmussen.bsky.social is 🔥 today. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social is warming up for 2026: Workouts From the Cringe open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social is warming up for 2026: Workouts From the Cringe open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Jay & Matt hope you watch their incredible pushup form instead of the $500M they gave themselves based on work that is definitively “dangerous gain-of-function” (DGOF) research. They also terminated grants doing similar work for being DGOF.
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Jay & Matt hope you watch their incredible pushup form instead of the $500M they gave themselves based on work that is definitively “dangerous gain-of-function” (DGOF) research. They also terminated grants doing similar work for being DGOF.
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
By @angierasmussen.bsky.social, who brings receipts.
bit.ly/48W0AZo
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
By @angierasmussen.bsky.social, who brings receipts.
bit.ly/48W0AZo
December 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
By @angierasmussen.bsky.social, who brings receipts.
bit.ly/48W0AZo
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
By @angierasmussen.bsky.social, who brings receipts.
bit.ly/48W0AZo
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Someone should sit the new members of ACIP down and explain what their job is and is not to them in simple terms, and maybe teach them some basic law. Dr. Malone's claims here have several misunderstandings. 1/n
December 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Someone should sit the new members of ACIP down and explain what their job is and is not to them in simple terms, and maybe teach them some basic law. Dr. Malone's claims here have several misunderstandings. 1/n
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@gorskon.bsky.social on the whole sordid saga of RFK Jr., FDA's sports medicine doc Tracy Beth Hoeg, Bandim Health Project at the University of Southern Denmark, hepatitis and babies in Guinea Bissau. sciencebasedmedicine.org/every-accusa...
Every accusation is a confession (or a statement of intent): MAHA’s new Tuskegee experiment
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s CDC just funneled a $1.6 million dollar grant to researchers to carry out an unethical and scientifically unjustified randomized clinical trial of the birth dose o
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December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@gorskon.bsky.social on the whole sordid saga of RFK Jr., FDA's sports medicine doc Tracy Beth Hoeg, Bandim Health Project at the University of Southern Denmark, hepatitis and babies in Guinea Bissau. sciencebasedmedicine.org/every-accusa...
Thanks for this mental image that I will never be able to unthink
I wouldn't describe Jay as "man in the middle" unless I were making sort of human centipede analogy.
December 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Thanks for this mental image that I will never be able to unthink
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Reminder that the head of the NIH is an economist who has never conducted NIH-funded research, spent years doing paid speaking engagements for far-right extremist groups, & is best known for a study where he committed serious ethical violations & ended up wrong by greater than an order of magnitude.
I wouldn't describe Jay as "man in the middle" unless I were making sort of human centipede analogy.
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Reminder that the head of the NIH is an economist who has never conducted NIH-funded research, spent years doing paid speaking engagements for far-right extremist groups, & is best known for a study where he committed serious ethical violations & ended up wrong by greater than an order of magnitude.
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Dr Rasmussen made an excellent narrative essay of the basic 'primer on vaccination' lecture so many of us have given for years.
A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
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History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
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How Vaccines Actually Work
Vaccines prevent disease, not infection, no matter how the word "vaccine" is defined
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December 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Dr Rasmussen made an excellent narrative essay of the basic 'primer on vaccination' lecture so many of us have given for years.
Reposted by Angie Rasmussen
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: How Vaccines Actually Work open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
How Vaccines Actually Work
Vaccines prevent disease, not infection, no matter how the word "vaccine" is defined
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: How Vaccines Actually Work open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
How Vaccines Actually Work
Vaccines prevent disease, not infection, no matter how the word "vaccine" is defined
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...