Why burnout is hitting us now
‘People have been in shock, powering through and not stopping to think of what has happened’
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Correction: An earlier version of this article stated Oliver Messner drove to Florida in September. She drove to Florida in August. The article has been corrected.
Olivia Messer can pinpoint the exact moment she realized she could no longer outrun the burnout.
After a year of reporting on the coronavirus for the Daily Beast, she started looking ahead to what life would like look as more Americans received their vaccinations. As we returned to “normal,” would we face some kind of collective post-traumatic stress disorder?