Bety Rodriguez-Milla
@brodriguezmilla.bsky.social
Software Engineer - Computational Scientist - Scientific Manager. Still coviding. Covid is airborne, wear an N95. We can’t have a healthy society if we take an individualistic approach to public health (and many other things).
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Frankly, I've not stopped masking.
I see vulnerable people all day. It's the gig.
Secondly, I cannot afford to lose 2 weeks to illness, let alone, Long C-19... I have bills and staff.
It's not merely about respect for my patients, that primary, but YEP! It's financial too‼️
I see vulnerable people all day. It's the gig.
Secondly, I cannot afford to lose 2 weeks to illness, let alone, Long C-19... I have bills and staff.
It's not merely about respect for my patients, that primary, but YEP! It's financial too‼️
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Frankly, I've not stopped masking.
I see vulnerable people all day. It's the gig.
Secondly, I cannot afford to lose 2 weeks to illness, let alone, Long C-19... I have bills and staff.
It's not merely about respect for my patients, that primary, but YEP! It's financial too‼️
I see vulnerable people all day. It's the gig.
Secondly, I cannot afford to lose 2 weeks to illness, let alone, Long C-19... I have bills and staff.
It's not merely about respect for my patients, that primary, but YEP! It's financial too‼️
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Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."
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Illustrating my theory that the most dangerous activities are the ones that are the most expensive and difficult to cancel if you get sick. Concerts, vacations…they won’t hesitate to put others at risk. And they don’t want others to know they’re sick, so they won’t mask!
A woman I know and her boyfriend booked a travel to Vienna. The day before taking a bus to Barcelona to take a plane to Vienna, he started with flu symptoms, diarrhea, coughing, aches, and with 39C (102F) fever they took the bus. A day later, both had high fever, in a bnb apartment in Vienna.
December 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Illustrating my theory that the most dangerous activities are the ones that are the most expensive and difficult to cancel if you get sick. Concerts, vacations…they won’t hesitate to put others at risk. And they don’t want others to know they’re sick, so they won’t mask!
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If my classroom (with PM2.5=0 all day and desktop #CRboxes spread throughout) has 10 students sick, then imagine how bad things are in all other classrooms/schools throughout Ontario.
Our children DO NOT need to get sick to get stronger.
PREVENTING illness with N95s maintains a healthy immune system
Our children DO NOT need to get sick to get stronger.
PREVENTING illness with N95s maintains a healthy immune system
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If my classroom (with PM2.5=0 all day and desktop #CRboxes spread throughout) has 10 students sick, then imagine how bad things are in all other classrooms/schools throughout Ontario.
Our children DO NOT need to get sick to get stronger.
PREVENTING illness with N95s maintains a healthy immune system
Our children DO NOT need to get sick to get stronger.
PREVENTING illness with N95s maintains a healthy immune system
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This whole so-called “parents rights” movement the right has taken up and the left is supposed to kowtow to for votes is so obviously anti-child it really bothers me to see it presented as anything other than justification for abusive “parenting” and disregard for actual science on child development
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This whole so-called “parents rights” movement the right has taken up and the left is supposed to kowtow to for votes is so obviously anti-child it really bothers me to see it presented as anything other than justification for abusive “parenting” and disregard for actual science on child development
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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We shouldn’t have to debate who “deserves” food, healthcare and housing.
We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.
We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.
We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We shouldn’t have to debate who “deserves” food, healthcare and housing.
We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.
We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.
We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
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Why the “immunity debt” narrative ultimately collapsed:
Over the past few months, the conversation has moved toward the conclusion the evidence has been pointing to for years.
Since 2022, immunity debt offered an easy explanation for the unusual patterns of illness we kept seeing.
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Over the past few months, the conversation has moved toward the conclusion the evidence has been pointing to for years.
Since 2022, immunity debt offered an easy explanation for the unusual patterns of illness we kept seeing.
1/7
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Why the “immunity debt” narrative ultimately collapsed:
Over the past few months, the conversation has moved toward the conclusion the evidence has been pointing to for years.
Since 2022, immunity debt offered an easy explanation for the unusual patterns of illness we kept seeing.
1/7
Over the past few months, the conversation has moved toward the conclusion the evidence has been pointing to for years.
Since 2022, immunity debt offered an easy explanation for the unusual patterns of illness we kept seeing.
1/7
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These changes put patients at risk and I hope they don’t pass. Training is required to diagnose and treat mental illness and it’s absurd to cut that - one reason they hope it’ll pass is that mental illness is often not taken as seriously as physical illness but it should be.
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
These changes put patients at risk and I hope they don’t pass. Training is required to diagnose and treat mental illness and it’s absurd to cut that - one reason they hope it’ll pass is that mental illness is often not taken as seriously as physical illness but it should be.
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'You shouldn't criticize Mark Carney because that's how you get Pierre Poilievre' is...exactly how you get Pierre Poilievre.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
'You shouldn't criticize Mark Carney because that's how you get Pierre Poilievre' is...exactly how you get Pierre Poilievre.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Societal health is a pipe dream.
Society expects me to stay healthy in order to be a contributing member, but society does NEXT TO NOTHING to help ensure I stay healthy.
Almost 50% of my students are all sick now.
So, do teachers become obsolete if all kids are sick?
#EveryoneWearAnN95
Society expects me to stay healthy in order to be a contributing member, but society does NEXT TO NOTHING to help ensure I stay healthy.
Almost 50% of my students are all sick now.
So, do teachers become obsolete if all kids are sick?
#EveryoneWearAnN95
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Societal health is a pipe dream.
Society expects me to stay healthy in order to be a contributing member, but society does NEXT TO NOTHING to help ensure I stay healthy.
Almost 50% of my students are all sick now.
So, do teachers become obsolete if all kids are sick?
#EveryoneWearAnN95
Society expects me to stay healthy in order to be a contributing member, but society does NEXT TO NOTHING to help ensure I stay healthy.
Almost 50% of my students are all sick now.
So, do teachers become obsolete if all kids are sick?
#EveryoneWearAnN95
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It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
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“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems.”
#keepmasksinhealthcare
#keepmasksinhealthcare
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems.”
#keepmasksinhealthcare
#keepmasksinhealthcare
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All of the covid cautious people in Canada probably wouldn’t fill a cruise ship, especially because we’d refuse to board it
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
All of the covid cautious people in Canada probably wouldn’t fill a cruise ship, especially because we’d refuse to board it
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...
johnsnowproject.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
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As PM Carney deregulates our health and safety standards, a trend ea PM has enacted, he will find EU mkt will recall & ban a growing number products which fails their standards.
Take note of Cdn cancer-causing lentils:
“an investigation last month by France
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/n...
Take note of Cdn cancer-causing lentils:
“an investigation last month by France
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/n...
France recalls Canadian lentils as Carney weakens pesticide rules
Health risks exposed in a blockbuster French TV investigation about Canadian lentils have introduced new tensions between Carney's European trade ambitions and his government's proposal to eliminate a...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
As PM Carney deregulates our health and safety standards, a trend ea PM has enacted, he will find EU mkt will recall & ban a growing number products which fails their standards.
Take note of Cdn cancer-causing lentils:
“an investigation last month by France
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/n...
Take note of Cdn cancer-causing lentils:
“an investigation last month by France
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/n...
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Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News
An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
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More Health Workers Came in to Work With COVID as the Pandemic Wore On www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
More Health Workers Came in to Work With COVID as the Pandemic Wore On
'Presenteeism' tied to roles with less patient contact
www.medpagetoday.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
More Health Workers Came in to Work With COVID as the Pandemic Wore On www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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Well.
Certainly not with that attitude.
Certainly not with that attitude.
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Well.
Certainly not with that attitude.
Certainly not with that attitude.
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Important thread applicable to schools and buses everywhere ⬇️
Indoor air quality sucks and it is so important that we fix this, especially now that public health has stuck us with Forever Covid. Kids and their families deserve a lot better.
Indoor air quality sucks and it is so important that we fix this, especially now that public health has stuck us with Forever Covid. Kids and their families deserve a lot better.
Have you ever wondered how ventilated a bus on your morning commute is? Or how well ventilated children's classrooms are?
Thanks to the teacher who shared this data with us from their morning commute and first class of the morning, we can see how poorly ventilated these spaces are in Ireland.
Thanks to the teacher who shared this data with us from their morning commute and first class of the morning, we can see how poorly ventilated these spaces are in Ireland.
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Important thread applicable to schools and buses everywhere ⬇️
Indoor air quality sucks and it is so important that we fix this, especially now that public health has stuck us with Forever Covid. Kids and their families deserve a lot better.
Indoor air quality sucks and it is so important that we fix this, especially now that public health has stuck us with Forever Covid. Kids and their families deserve a lot better.
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Thank you for writing about classroom air!
All reporting on airborne illnesses in kids should include a discussion about infection control in schools.
And any breaking news on pediatic outbreaks should prompt immediate questions about classroom air quality!
All reporting on airborne illnesses in kids should include a discussion about infection control in schools.
And any breaking news on pediatic outbreaks should prompt immediate questions about classroom air quality!
I wrote about this for the narwhal. I’m glad you are asking this question. It should be a feature of how we discuss kids illness.
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thank you for writing about classroom air!
All reporting on airborne illnesses in kids should include a discussion about infection control in schools.
And any breaking news on pediatic outbreaks should prompt immediate questions about classroom air quality!
All reporting on airborne illnesses in kids should include a discussion about infection control in schools.
And any breaking news on pediatic outbreaks should prompt immediate questions about classroom air quality!
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The situation public health has put us in is untenable and I will never 🤬 forgive them for it
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The situation public health has put us in is untenable and I will never 🤬 forgive them for it