we ve covered a lot of news, but i want to get into something else. americans are burnt out. anxious. and many depressed. we have a pandemic death toll total over 700,000. the other toll is harder to measure but it is real and relates to our daily life and work even if you feel like some of the worst already and we know people are getting crushed. everything will be fine and on say like a friday, i would feel like i couldn t even deal. couldn t get up that day. every single patient i see is complaining of this. people are exhausted from the mere act of being human. whether it s from paid work or from parenting, care giving. you know, managing chronic illness. i think many people are experiencing bun out and it s not simply a psychologically problem. fake a smile. were you depressed?