Thread by @akm5376

#Covid_19 and #Karma
Let me describe to you the concept of #Karma, as per Hindu philosophy, using Covid - 🧵 1/

2) Karma is not as simple as "as you sow, so you reap". Karma is a lot about causality, along with chaos. Most importantly, actions have consequences.

3) The Karma for this pandemic may have started more than a 100 years back when science overcorrected from miasma to "everything is droplets" - read through papers.ssrn.com/abstract=39041… to understand how the karma of Chapin and droplets affected us

4) More recently, karma of @WHO, prior to the pandemic, in several developing countries, had positively impacted the life of hundreds of millions. That karma meant that when the pandemic came, @WHO would be heard and taken seriously

5) Unfortunately, it was also @WHO's karma that they took too long to recognize aerosols. As a result, maybe we lost the chance of rooting this pandemic out early on

6) Then there is the karma of people like @Don_Milton Against all adversity and lukewarm response of the medical community, Prof. Milton has continued to study the impact of aerosols and airborne transmission of infections for decades now

7) Since he persisted, since he developed the techniques for sampling and the study designs, we understand the transmission better now doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…

8) Additionally, he informed and inspired others, including hundreds from the public to understand and protect themselves better from quite early on in 2020 - his karma, saved many.

9) There is the karma of aerosol experts like @jljcolorado and @kprather88 who essentially have been doing two jobs, one unpaid and under appreciated, for nearly 2 years now

10) It was their karma that they understood aerosols, they saw the situation and made the logical conclusion, and then, not only did they spearhead academic debate in the matter, they also communicated their knowledge actively to the public

11) People could be informed and take steps to protect themselves and their family and friends. Their karma, saved many

12) The there is the karma of @linseymarr - again someone like Prof. Milton, who stepped into the world of transmission of pathogens and in spite of inadequate support has been comprehensively studying viruses for nearly a decade now

13) Her karma meant we understood transmission and mitigation better, even quite early in 2020. Unfortunately karma of @WHO and @CDCgov just countered the progression and propagation of this understanding.

14) Then there are people at the grassroots level like @Iamgoingtosleep and @Amal4Solutions who have helped to spread the information to the public, helped organize information sources for them cleanaircrew.org
covid19data.alberta.ca

15) Their karma made sure the understanding moved from academic circles to people where it could benefit thousands, and also in a form that can be easy to understand and act upon.

16) The karma of C-R boxes - two highly experienced IAQ practicioner/teacher combining an idea on social media, making working prototypes and getting it to a grassroots level movement - where you also have karma of @LazarusLong13

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