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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, Dad, DC adjacent, probably stuck in traffic, the #AllCaps make me cry

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You can be Covid-conscious (I am) but you shouldn't spread misinformation that vaccines don't prevent transmission. They do; they reduce transmission and severity, both of which appear to lower the risks of long Covid.

Here's why the messaging on Covid vaccines is still abysmal:

27.02.2026 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 151    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

This is pretty explicitly anti-vaxx

x.com/hoolie_r/sta...

25.02.2026 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 366    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms

Rubio declares an emergency to bypass Congress to send $4 bn of arms to Israel. The possible orders include more than 35,000 bombs that are 2,000 lbs eachโ€”which US military officers say are unsuitable for urban combatโ€”but which are responsible for the lion's share of civilian casualties in Gaza.

01.03.2026 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 171    ๐Ÿ” 146    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

If you thought their historical erasure was bad, you most definitely are not going to like their historical revisionism.

๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

01.03.2026 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m sitting here watching Molly of Denali with my kids on PBS and I know this is reductive as hell, but I just keep thinking about how we defunded stuff like this to have more money to murder people.

28.02.2026 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like to distract myself from the terrifying political news by reading the ridiculous political news.

28.02.2026 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2747    ๐Ÿ” 562    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

28.02.2026 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16902    ๐Ÿ” 6525    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 463    ๐Ÿ“Œ 550
A social media post from Donald J. Trump on Truth Social, posted 9 minutes ago. The text reads: "Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces renewed war with United States:" followed by a link to justthenews.com. Below is a link preview showing the article headline "Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces possible war with U.S." accompanied by a photo from what appears to be an Iranian protest or rally, showing demonstrators holding anti-Trump signs and posters with Persian text.

A social media post from Donald J. Trump on Truth Social, posted 9 minutes ago. The text reads: "Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces renewed war with United States:" followed by a link to justthenews.com. Below is a link preview showing the article headline "Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces possible war with U.S." accompanied by a photo from what appears to be an Iranian protest or rally, showing demonstrators holding anti-Trump signs and posters with Persian text.

I am going to need every single person who said that misinformation was a moral panic to feel enough shame and regret that they leave public intellectual life.

28.02.2026 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1368    ๐Ÿ” 272    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
28.02.2026 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8729    ๐Ÿ” 1762    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 127    ๐Ÿ“Œ 113

To all those who are saying "I did not vote for this, this is not what I voted for when I voted for him!" -

Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did.

We told you. We warned you. You didn't listen.

28.02.2026 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 709    ๐Ÿ” 187    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

The inability of children to travel in a straight line under any circumstances in any media is truly fascinating.

28.02.2026 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

28.02.2026 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23395    ๐Ÿ” 7040    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 707    ๐Ÿ“Œ 397

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

28.02.2026 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16066    ๐Ÿ” 4967    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 124    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100

So this interview lasted 2 hours so this โ€œyouโ€™re scaring meโ€ part might seem like an overreaction or fearmongering to someone without that context.

Thereโ€™s a lot of evidence to support my hypothesis that a potential H5N1 pandemic would be worse than COVID.

21.04.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2184    ๐Ÿ” 865    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 116
Epstein picture haters gonna hate.

Epstein picture haters gonna hate.

This is fucking crazy right. Like truly insane. I know this dude is a wacko but this is totally berserker. Epstein raped and trafficked kids and filmed it. There's audio and video.

28.02.2026 02:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3272    ๐Ÿ” 402    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 186    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ Iโ€™m so tired. ๐Ÿ˜‘

26.02.2026 03:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have been listening in to today's hearing. So far, she's dodged questions on vaccines and Tammy Baldwin noted Means made $325K shilling supplements over the last 2 years. But sure, vaccine advocates are the one making bank. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

25.02.2026 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 277    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ Iโ€™m so tired. ๐Ÿ˜‘

26.02.2026 03:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alsobrooks backs Casey Means into a corner about her failure to disclose her conflicts of interest to such an extent where Means has no response and just grants the point

25.02.2026 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1975    ๐Ÿ” 540    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

Iโ€™d rather listen to Ben Shapiro and Timothy Pool discuss dating for 10 hours.

24.02.2026 03:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kash Patel is such a fucking loser. He knows it too, and he knows everyone says it when he walks out of the room.

23.02.2026 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donโ€™t mess with measles. #IDSky

22.02.2026 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FBI Denies That Kash Patel Is Taking Personal Trip To Olympics On Agency Jet A report from CBS News said Patel flew on a Justice Department plane to Italy, with plans to watch Olympic hockey.

Department of Justice says that Kash Patel flew on a government plane to attend the Olympics menโ€™s hockey finals in order to personally track down a Nancy Guthrie lead; girlfriend there as backup.

21.02.2026 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 129    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

โ€œโ€ฆtalk a stamp off an envelopeโ€

(puts in brain file to use one day)

22.02.2026 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A text saying โ€œKPDH on the organ slaps, as the kids say.

A text saying โ€œKPDH on the organ slaps, as the kids say.

Just sent this in the group chat, ๐Ÿ˜‚

22.02.2026 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Winter weather is moving across Marylandโ€™s 6th District today. Snow + rain will turn roads slick by tonight, with a slow Monday commute likely especially west of Frederick.

Check on neighbors, give plows room to work, and take it slow out there. Stay safe, MD-06. โ„๏ธ

22.02.2026 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The DHS ads during this game are so dystopian.

22.02.2026 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re going from highly functioning and coherent power plays in the Olympics, to watching the caps power play again next week ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

21.02.2026 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Megan Keller and Alysa Liu!

19.02.2026 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0