Angie Rasmussen

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FDA found infectious H5N1 at relatively high titers in bulk raw milk from 4 states with known infected herds. Pasteurization inactivates H5N1. Do NOT drink raw milk!!! www.fda.gov/media/179708...

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When dealing with pseudoscience, the devil is in the detail - in this case, narrowing down a specific "Lab Leak" hypothesis. In Dr. Chan's @nytimes.com OpEd there is, however, a very specific hypothesis for COVID-19 origin. It's a prime example of conspiracism vs empiricism, so let's dive in. 🧵

On the day of Dr. Fauci's testimony, @nytimes.com decides to run a deeply unethical OpEd with snazzy graphics and snappy headlines about the Lab Leak. The article itself contains multiple falsehoods and deep mischaracterizations. Let's take every point in turn 👇🧵 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Pointswww.nytimes.com The world must not continue to bear the intolerable risks of research with the potential to cause pandemics.

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Opinion | Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Pointswww.nytimes.com The world must not continue to bear the intolerable risks of research with the potential to cause pandemics.

How dare anyone call me a conspiracy theorist?! I’m just asking reasonable questions that allege a conspiracy…see, one of the most prominent anti-science, bigoted conspiracy theorists in America agrees!

Encore performance

I am awful at photography but still stoked that moving to Canada is finally paying off

This is why I keep doing this job, even when I get exhausted or frustrated or depressed about it. Viruses remain perpetually astonishing and it never gets old.

The 2-part report found on virological.org is a very interesting read. Astonishing what can be discerned from the #H5N1 #birdflu sequence data. (Or astonishing to me, a non-scientist.)

Virologicalvirological.org A discussion forum for analysis and interpretation of virus molecular evolution and epidemiology.

Whether I’m particularly interesting is highly subjective, but I am definitely interested in this analysis on H5N1 and you should be too 👇🏻

If you're interesting in the #H5N1 outbreak in cattle in the US, please have a look at our preliminary analyses just posted. Part 1 of 2: virological.org/t/preliminar...

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My colleagues and I have just posted a "Note about availability of #H5N1 2.3.4.4b consensus sequences from cattle and other species" on virological.org. Consensus genomes and metadata. virological.org/t/note-about...

Note about availability of H5N1 2.3.4.4b consensus sequences from cattle and other species:virological.org On Sunday, April 21st, 2024, “in the interest of public transparency and ensuring the scientific community has access to this information as quickly as possible to encourage disease research and devel...

It’s not a smoking gun for anything except further evidence that Nicholas Wade, a man who previously published a book claiming that intelligence and economic success is genetically linked to race, is completely ignorant about molecular biology and genetics.

Advocates for a lab leak are once again saying that the lab in Wuhan... did virology work? Walk me through this one, I can't see how this is a smoking gun. @angierasmussen.bsky.social @kgandersen.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social www.city-journal.org/article/new-...

The Story of the Decadewww.city-journal.org The materials strengthen—perhaps conclusively—the lab-leak hypothesis of Covid-19’s origins.

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This doesn’t surprise a lot of us in the COVID world, but it doesn’t make it any less gross. She’s…problematic.

What the fuck happened to Zeynep Tufekci www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/o...

Case study in why it’s important to acknowledge scholarly limitations as well as successes. In other words, Zeynep has spent so much time convincing everyone that her shit don’t stink, she now believes that it smells like roses

What the fuck happened to Zeynep Tufekci www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/o...

New in the Journal of Virology: a position piece from me and 77 of my incredible colleagues, arguing that biosafety regulations on virology research must be developed with the input and advice from technical experts. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Virology—the path forward | Journal of Virologyjournals.asm.org A systematic study of pathogens is the only way to assess the risks they pose and develop medical countermeasures to mitigate those threats. However, on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased c...

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"You've heard of Elf on the Shelf"—actually, no, I never 'heard' of it at all, it's just some marketing trash that suddenly appeared everywhere in 2005 pretending to be a tradition. I hate it and everything like it. Shove the Elf up your ass. Fuck you.

No better way to start a Sunday than some protracted teeth baring in the eternal BarkBox bitch battle

I don’t think Peter Hotez is here yet, but I’m sharing his excellent piece here anyway. Attacking scientists is a hugely effective tactic of anti-science extremists. We need to stand together and fight back. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Opinion: Scientists have become sitting ducks. We need leaders to step up and defend uswww.latimes.com Americans need science to sustain democracy and progress. The alternative is to follow the path of the Soviet Union: sidelining experts and sacrificing lives.

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it is bleakly funny that jordan peterson's been very clearly and publicly insane for some time and the sensible media has to ignore it so they can keep writing sober 5,000-word thinkpieces about what his appeal means for the souls of our young men

Shouldn’t it be Jupiter?

Holy Zeus. I might be a man. How often do men think about ancient Rome? Quite frequently, it seems. wapo.st/45QY1ns

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If I crawled my way up from irrelevancy to relative obscurity on one platform I can do it again

Super excited to announce my lab has funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to develop a model of mpox pathogenesis, which we’ll use to optimize treatment for patient symptoms https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2023/vido-scientists-receive-1m-to-strengthen-mpox-preparedness.php

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Blocks are so satisfying here. On birdsite they're like breathing. Scroll; block. Scroll; block. Here they're *consequential.*

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Controversial UX choice but I support it.

😎😎😎

It's like climbing out of a toilet bowl onto a sandy beach.

Two days in and already wondering where the term “hellthread” has been all my life

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guess where we’re complaining about it now bitch

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Angie’s here let the virology shitposting begin

After careful curation I’ve found my first quoteskeet

Skeet with this blessing: SHITPOSTING is an anagram of TOP INSIGHTS.

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