Dr. Angela Rasmussen
@angie_rasmussen
Virologist. PI @VIDOInterVac @USask. Co-EIC @Els_Vaccine. Jeopardy! loser. "Disreputable vaccine cheerleader." 🇺🇸in🇨🇦. Opinions my own. she/her
Two years ago, we demonstrated that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic likely began at the Huanan Market via zoonosis resulting from the wildlife trade. Many unanswered questions remained about the animals themselves. Some answers, out today in @CellCellPress. cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
Speaking as an editor of @Els_Vaccine, a journal focusing on a topic where the scientific integrity depends on editorial expertise, this IS critical. If journals prioritize politics over scientific rigor, they are no longer journals. They are propaganda. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
REMINDER: I'll be joining @profvrr tonight where we'll be taking any and all of your questions. Come join me and Professor Racaniello for the virology party at 8 pm ET! Hopefully he won't tell any embarrassing grad school stories about me. 😉 youtube.com/live/GtlV-BM0Q…
Do you have burning virology questions? This Wednesday is your chance to ask them. I'm joining my PhD mentor @profvrr for Office Hours. Wednesday, July 23rd, 8 pm ET. Let's talk virology! youtube.com/live/GtlV-BM0Q…
Humans are primates
Another strange effect of AI is to make instant simulated niche expertise much easier. "ChatGPT, give me ten examples of novels that have primate characters," then you reel them off in your essay or talk, and it seems as if you're extremely well read. This is bad IMO.
Damn, there have been a lot of really sick kids getting H5N1 in Cambodia. Bird flu is dangerous and there’s a lot of it spreading around the world.
13th human case of #H5N1 in Cambodia this year: 6-year-old boy from Tbong Khmum province, confirmed on July 21. Exposure likely linked to sick and dead poultry. He is currently in intensive care. #AvianInfluenza #Cambodia #Zoonoses
That’s one way to avoid exposing the President’s wonderful secrets
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
I really respect @lonnibesancon for his indefatigable efforts to uphold research integrity and hold bad actors accountable, but I’m eternally grateful to him for adding “pleure plus fort” to my collection of phrases to deploy when confronted with problematic Francophones
ah @Titithebest4 s'essaie à l'anglais... c'était déjà pas super en français... mais bon là.... Pour le reste, le paris sur le mauvais cheval, c'est plutot toi avec @IHU_Marseille Pleure plus fort :)