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Michael Bazaco

@mcbazacophd.bsky.social

Infectious disease epidemiologist in the public sector, EIDs, Outbreaks, Zoonoses, Virginia Tech and Pitt grad, UMD Public Health adjunct faculty, Smash All Fascism, he/him, and most importantly Dad, DC adjacent

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Every year I hate him more.

01.12.2025 03:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isnโ€™t it about time for Chris Collinsworth to retire and enjoy his golden years?

01.12.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally got around to reading Prasad's actual memo about the purported deaths in children from COVID-19 vaccines, and it's kind of amazing in the worst ways possible.

At one point, he says (regarding rare adverse events):
"Causality is easy to assess in a randomized trial..."

30.11.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 248    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

We have our annual TG debrief with the cool cousins tonight.

29.11.2025 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Can shaped gelatinous mass of cranberry sauce on a white plate.

Can shaped gelatinous mass of cranberry sauce on a white plate.

RFK Jr. would keel over and immediately burst into flames.

29.11.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While Makary spreads bullshit about the origin of HIV.

(To be clear, this has been thoroughly investigated and fits neither the timing nor the molecular epidemiology of HIV).

29.11.2025 03:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 306    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater

28.11.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2958    ๐Ÿ” 676    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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25.07.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 302    ๐Ÿ” 361    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 127

No thank you.

I donโ€™t want that oddly warm and moist cheerio, Niko.

27.11.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stab me with all the vaccines. I will be the anti-plague rat.

26.11.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Notes from the Field: Severe Illnesses After ... This report describes the public health response to three patients from different states who developed severe illness after self-injecting botulinum toxin.

Notes From the Field: Severe Illnesses After Self-Injection of Botulinum Toxin Purchased Online โ€” New York, Texas, and Wisconsin, 2025 - CDC MMWR

Umm, โ€˜self-injectionโ€™ and โ€˜botulinum toxinโ€™ and โ€˜purchased onlineโ€™ should never be in the same headline.

๐Ÿงช #IDsky #medsky

26.11.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A conversation between Dr. Krugman and me from 2019.

25.11.2025 00:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone โ€” period.

25.11.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18385    ๐Ÿ” 7830    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 452    ๐Ÿ“Œ 373

Mike, Iโ€™ve got some bad news for youโ€ฆ.

25.11.2025 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A conversation between Dr. Krugman and me from 2019.

25.11.2025 00:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having known a couple folks with a Masters or PhD, it does not protect you from being a complete whacko.

24.11.2025 22:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think that Clone Wars really helped the prequels by retconning some character depth and plot ties into them. Filoni did the franchise wonders.

24.11.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, itโ€™s here. The military is not the presidentโ€™s Praetorian Guard.

24.11.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3995    ๐Ÿ” 1168    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

Heโ€™s amazing and perfect for that role.

Also I want to know more about Enfys Nest and how she and her crew played into the latter partisan movement and greater rebellion.

24.11.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My views on Solo are ๐Ÿ’ฏ my most unpopular and unhinged SW take.

That and my hate of almost all Ewoks.

24.11.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t wait for @mdaware.org to absolutely roast me on this list.

Honestly, itโ€™s hard for me to make a list and easier to categorize them . Like Andor is incredible but more a war/espionage film in a SW setting whereas ESB is equally incredible but a truly โ€œStar Warsโ€ film if that makes sense.

24.11.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œA New Hopeโ€ being second is a literal travesty and i know itโ€™s true, because @mcbazacophd.bsky.social would agree with me.

24.11.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

1. RO
2. ESB
3. ANH
4. Solo (bring it!)
5.ROTJ
6. TLJ

(big gap)

7. ROTS
8. TFA
9. TPM
10. ROS

(big gap)

11. AOTC

Rebels and Andor are better than all but #1. Clone Wars, Bad Batch and Mandalorian are season dependent but in the top group. Ahsoka is TBD. Acolyte is underrated. Kenobi was meh.

24.11.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Walking around grocery store in oversized hoodie, joggers, and Carhartt toque, involuntarily mean mugging because thatโ€™s just what I look like.

Going through my head: โ€œHuntr/x donโ€™t miss, how itโ€™s done done done!โ€

Life of a 5 year old girl Dad these days.

23.11.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Do Americans View Childhood Vaccines, Vaccine Research and Policy? A majority of Americans say childhood vaccines are effective at preventing illness, but slightly fewer are confident that the vaccine schedule is safe.

As @mcbazacophd.bsky.social and I said years ago, if we politicize public health and vaccines we are toast โ€ฆ. And now there is data proving this. Tragic.

www.pewresearch.org/science/2025...

22.11.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A glorious selfie with the official MAHA lanyard seconds after I made it past Secret Service screening.

A glorious selfie with the official MAHA lanyard seconds after I made it past Secret Service screening.

About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.

Here's what I saw. ๐Ÿงต ๐Ÿงช

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

21.11.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 804    ๐Ÿ” 315    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 64

Itโ€™s the weekend, which means we add bitters to the workout drink, right?

21.11.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s the weekend, which means we add bitters to the workout drink, right?

21.11.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

pretty clear what happened: Zohran converted Trump to the divine and immortal science of islamo-communism.

21.11.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1295    ๐Ÿ” 153    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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