“If day after day, you’re waking up and dealing with patients that are extremely ill, some of whom wind up in the ICU and dying, it just takes a cumulative toll on our anxiety and burnout. It’s exhausting every day trying to deal with this.” UCSF study shows health workers grappling with pandemic anxiety.

+ This article also mentions a great program set up specifically to help our frontline health care professionals. Hundreds of therapists are volunteering their time. My friend Mike Levin helped to start the program. My friend Jeff O’Keefe’s ad firm designed the site and is helping to spread the word. My friend Dave’s daughter is spending her pandemic summer working for the organization. And I get the easy part. I donated money. And now I’m asking you to do the same.