'Pharmageddon' And The Future Of Retail Pharmacies
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NPR
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Although complaints have been ongoing, the scale of the walkouts was difficult to confirm. And change has been hard to come by.
Pharmacy worker complaints come as big box retailers face other struggles. Last month, Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy. CVS, RiteAid, and Walgreens locations have been closing stores across the country.
We discuss the state of retail pharmacies today, and what these shakeups mean for the communities relying on them.
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| 0:23.3 | This week, pharmacists planned a so-called farmageddon. |
| 0:26.5 | Three days of nationwide walk out at CVS and Walgreens |
| 0:29.9 | Pharmacies. |
| 0:30.9 | They say they're overworked and understaffed |
| 0:33.2 | and have been for years. |
| 0:35.6 | If we can't answer the phone at all, that's a problem. |
| 0:39.8 | That's a major staffing problem right there. |
| 0:42.5 | I was having a miscarriage and still |
| 0:45.9 | went to work the next day with a pair of depends on. |
| 0:50.5 | I mean, we're doing testing through the drives through. |
| 0:52.9 | It was rushed. |
| 0:53.7 | Like, you learned how to give an intramuscular vaccine |
| 0:57.3 | over the computer and you practice on the orange |
| 0:59.8 | and then you practice on a person. |
| 1:01.2 | Then they're like, here you go. |
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