I remember I kept a very frank and open approach in my interaction with the health community from my side. Unfortunately this did not take a good turn and the community's actions ultimately led to stagnation in my EA work for quite some time. They did speculation regarding me with other people in then existing national group who themselves lacked good communication skills and never reached out to me. Had a severe existential crisis. Maybe the Health community didn't intend to do this but yea I have sensed a toxic positivity. A suggestion would be to avoid one sided, back-end speculation about anyone. People considered for opinions should be encouraged to do so keeping the concerned (in this it would have been me) in knowledge.
I have similar experiences with human poverty which keeps me involved with EA :)
I remember I kept a very frank and open approach in my interaction with the health community from my side. Unfortunately this did not take a good turn and the community's actions ultimately led to stagnation in my EA work for quite some time. They did speculation regarding me with other people in then existing national group who themselves lacked good communication skills and never reached out to me. Had a severe existential crisis. Maybe the Health community didn't intend to do this but yea I have sensed a toxic positivity. A suggestion would be to avoid one sided, back-end speculation about anyone. People considered for opinions should be encouraged to do so keeping the concerned (in this it would have been me) in knowledge.