LenaSun

@bylenasun · Washington, D.C. · joined 19 Jan 2012

National Health reporter for The Washington Post. Also @lenasun.bsky.social; Signal LenaSun.04 lena.sun@washpost.com. secure drop https://t.co/fqN2j3Ls3p

20 360Followers

822Following

12 702Posts total

78.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views6 960this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %34.18%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.28%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	6 960	2 896	2.40×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	34.18%	9.51%	3.59×
Engagement rate	1.28%	1.56%	0.82×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

26.4K16 Feb

3.1K26 Aug

3.2K28 Aug

35.5K31 Aug

10.7K2 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.51%16 Feb

1.32%26 Aug

2.53%28 Aug

1.25%31 Aug

0.86%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes49.7%427 in total

Reposts25.5%219 in total

Replies12.9%111 in total

Quotes4.1%35 in total

Bookmarks7.8%67 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

NEW: For the coming fall and winter respiratory season, a coalition of leading medical societies are putting out vaccine recommendations because the CDC has not done so. unclear if it will be allowed to do so. Here are the recs for flu, covid and RSV. https://t.co/hmXgwvfetV 10.7K views · 63 likes · 20 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 NEW: The CDC is excluding two deaths reported by Pa from its weekly national measles death tally, a decision that came from new director Erica Schwartz. Me + @rachel_roubein https://t.co/S3oR65xfDz 35.5K views · 232 likes · 148 reposts · 39 replies 31 Aug 2026 NEW: The exchange between Shapiro and RFK Jr. has erupted into an extraordinary public feud and set off a partisan flurry of accusations over outbreaks of measles, which is easily prevented by a vaccine. @rachel_roubein @caitlinsgilbert 1/5 https://t.co/82xy1bsXWn 3.2K views · 17 likes · 12 reposts · 50 replies 28 Aug 2026 Re-posting this story about five people who survived measles after the news about two measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/PTFTrYcPXC 3.1K views · 29 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies 26 Aug 2026 Hearing that @CDCgov personnel on probationary list are getting termination letters this evening. If you’re one of them, you can reach me securely on Signal at LenaSun.04. I promise to keep your name confidential. We want to get a sense of who’s been cut. DMs ok too. TY. 26.4K views · 86 likes · 30 reposts · 15 replies 16 Feb 2025