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Now it's "Pharmacy Deserts" putting peoples lives at risk.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 11/12/23 at 6:55 pm
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Not one mention of the rampant theft and looting that's causing pharmacies to leave these areas. When you have "members of the community" steal at will with no repercussions, businesses will pick up and leave.
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As pharmacies shutter stores across the U.S., people in low-income and predominantly Black, Latino, and Indigenous neighborhoods are increasingly left in pharmacy deserts, without easy access to medications and other essentials. In November 2021, CVS announced that it would be closing 300 stores a year across the country in the next three years, and Rite Aid, which filed for bankruptcy in October, plans to close at least 150 stores in the next several months.
“Pharmacy deserts have been a longstanding issue that has gotten worse with recent closures of both independent and chain pharmacies,” said Dima Qato, an associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, who studies disparities in geographic access to pharmacies and spent more than a decade working as a community pharmacist in Chicago. That lack of access can have major consequences for the health of people living in marginalized communities.
How pharmacy deserts impact people’s health
A 2021 study co-authored by Qato, published in Health Affairs, examined disparities in pharmacy access in major cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Memphis. In Los Angeles, one-third of all Black and Latino neighborhoods were pharmacy deserts — meaning that the average distance to the nearest pharmacy was 1 mile or more. The biggest racial gap in pharmacy access was in Chicago, where only 1% of white neighborhoods were pharmacy deserts, compared to 33% of Black neighborhoods in the South Side.
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Pharmacy deserts can take a particular toll on Black, Latino, low-income, and uninsured households because these groups are already at higher risk of chronic disease, said Juan Tapia-Mendoza, a community pediatrician who practices in Washington Heights in New York City. “Now it’s harder for them to access the prescription medications they rely on to treat common chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and arthritis.”
People living in pharmacy deserts also have more limited access to flu shots and vaccines for Covid-19. That’s a particular problem at a time when many community doctors and health facilities have not yet received the latest Covid vaccine, leaving patients in underserved areas with few alternatives, experts tell STAT. “Pharmacies were crucial in Covid vaccine rollout,” said Utibe Essien, an assistant professor of medicine and a health disparities researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Often, the decision to close a chain pharmacy store is purely a business one — albeit without the effects on communities in mind, said Tapia-Mendoza. Rite Aid spokesperson Alicja Wojczyk told STAT in a statement that as part of its bankruptcy process, “we notified the Court of certain underperforming stores we are closing to further reduce rent expense and strengthen overall financial performance.”
Walgreens spokesperson Kris Lathan told STAT that the company takes several factors into account when closing locations, “including our existing footprint of stores, dynamics of the local market, and changes in the buying habits of our patients and customers.” Lathan also noted that Walgreens has partnered with local churches and civic groups to “offer off-site and mobile clinics in neighborhoods and rural areas where we’re able to provide walk-up access to life-saving immunizations.”
Not one mention of the rampant theft and looting that's causing pharmacies to leave these areas. When you have "members of the community" steal at will with no repercussions, businesses will pick up and leave.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 6:58 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Being trash is putting their lives at risk
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:01 pm to FightinTigersDammit
I know pharmacies are closing because the business model is starting to change as more folks are getting them via mail, but we've all seen videos of CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid stores being cleaned out by outstanding members of the community with no repercussions whatsoever from Soros-backed DA's.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:02 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
I mean its not like you can have them delivered or anything.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:02 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
A private business has to make a profit.
When a community allows a business to be robbed and no one does anything is it shocking that businesses leave.
When a community allows a business to be robbed and no one does anything is it shocking that businesses leave.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:03 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
This is a direct consequence of leftist policy to not put thieves in jail.
Those idiots never factor human nature into their policy decisions.
Those idiots never factor human nature into their policy decisions.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:05 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
It really is amazing, truly.
The democrats create problems, then blame republicans and racism, and people just believe it.
The democrats create problems, then blame republicans and racism, and people just believe it.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:05 pm to johnnyrocket
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When a community allows a business to be robbed and no one does anything is it shocking that businesses leave.
I'd like to know who's going to cover the losses from the new Rouses' on Florida Boulevard when the local citizenry steals it blind.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:05 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
This is what I was coming here to say. It’s never the community’s fault. Just the greedy companies want to make money. If they can’t turn a profit at particular stores it would be negligent on their part if they didn’t shut down the those stores for the good of the company
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:06 pm to JCdawg
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The democrats create problems, then blame republicans and racism, and people just believe it.
It's mind boggling.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:07 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
So some are finding out that there are actually consequences to allowing people just to steal $900 worth of drugs and merchandise from Pharmacy‘s?
I feel shocked
I feel shocked
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:20 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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When you have "members of the community" steal at will with no repercussions, businesses will pick up and leave.
FAFO applies here
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:21 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I know pharmacies are closing because the business model is starting to change as more folks are getting them via mail, but we've all seen videos of CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid stores being cleaned out by outstanding members of the community with no repercussions whatsoever from Soros-backed DA's.
This post was edited on 11/12/23 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:21 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
What about the rural white folks?
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:21 pm to Kattail
I’d feel bad if they didn’t vote for the shite that’s killing them.
FAFO 100%.
FAFO 100%.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:29 pm to SoFlaGuy
It’s also due to Pharmacy Benefits Managers robbing pharmacies as well.
In fact the PBMs are worse than the looters.
Additionally, over zealous DEA policies are killing the brown poors fast.
In fact the PBMs are worse than the looters.
Additionally, over zealous DEA policies are killing the brown poors fast.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:39 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
There is literally nothing stopping people in those communities, or concerned people from anywhere else, from building a pharmacy, grocery store, or what have you there.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 7:40 pm to East Coast Band
I haven't seen any stories about rural whites looting Family Dollar stores. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough
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