Posted on 11/04/2023 12:58:35 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Thousands of pharmacists are walking out on their jobs this week in protest of working conditions. The pharmacists have focused their ire on CVS and Walgreens — mega-chains that are being highly criticized for their working conditions.
The protests started a few weeks ago and have grown to a major action this week.
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Again, if you didn’t GAF you wouldn’t be here.
And again, there are options. We got tired of Walgreens problems, so we shifted out scripts to our grocery store. Well, some of them, because most insurance companies are hooked up with mail delivery pharmacies now. And of course WalMart and Amazon have pharmacies now. And no they’re also not prepaid. So nobody is being obstructed.
“Is the individual pharmacist incapable of looking for a better paying job?”
More than likely, their local unions sets/fixes the wages like for teachers in each school district/
Pharmacy schools are losing students!:
Perhaps most notably, AACP data have shown significant decreases in the number of students interested in pursuing pharmacy careers. In fall 2011, it found that there were 106,815 applicants to pharmacy schools, a figure that dropped to 76,525 by fall 2015 and 40,552 by fall 2021.
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We trade with a local small pharmacy. Of course, our insurance company refuses to designate it or the other local pharmacy as “preferred”, even though the preferred pharmacies are over twenty miles away. Too bad if you’re not a driver or have transportation problems.
How many of the pharmacists went on strike when they were instructed not to fill prescriptions for COVID-19 prophylactics and treatments?
Sure, there’s plenty of “staff”, but not enough pharmacists. They pay them astronomical wages, then expect them to do the work of 2 pharmacists. Recipe for medication errors, some of which could injure or even kill someone.
My daughter used to be a pharmacy tech at a Walgreens. They’re stretched to thin, too.
The local Walgreen’s here used to be open seven days a week. Now, closed on weekends. The great pharmacist theyy had for 15 years is gone, the new one seems clueless.
“Probably all part of the plan; to have the Government and the WEF to take charge of drug distribution (rationing).”
Thanks for posting this possible reality!
You seem to be incapable of making the distinction between the pharmacist’s career and the pharmacist’s contractual obligations.
FRegards.
No, that’s not good. Aside from the physical toll it takes on the pharmacist, it only increases the likelihood of the pharmacist making a mistake. Which can be deadly for us and a great burden for a person to carry knowing that a mistake they made maybe cost someone their life.
My pharmacist is in locally owned wonderful grocery store. There’s rarely a line and everyone who works there is great.
I take one pharmaceutical drug, Lisinipril, cheap and effective for Heart. Failure. If my pharmacy closed, I do have a product recommended by my friend’s naturopath,
“Carditone”. It’s actually more effective than the prescription drug for keeping blood pressure down and my MD says OK, take it. You can buy it on Amazon.
I’m not on any Rx’s, thankfully. But, I will keep that in mind, for friends/fam.
In the rare cases I do use a pharmacy (HCQ/Ivm, during China virus) I used our local compounding pharmacy, or, mail pharmacy.
Glad you have a good one!!
I’ve never seen an idle pharmacist. Likewise, I’ve never seen a short order chef.
Maybe some form of automation is the answer where the pharmacist is less saddled with the grind of measuring and filling. But would something like that ironically trigger a strike?
No doubt
I confessed to my doc was I was “banking meds” and she laughed and told me she totally agreed that was the right move.
Some folks “get it” when it comes to potential supply chain issues.
“ So by that same logic any pharmacist who refuses to dispense abortifacients…”
That’s not the same logic.
I get 4 prescriptions from my local Walgreens. One more comes from a Walgreens specialty pharmacy. Thankfully, I don’t need them filled right now.
I hope they get it ironed out soon.
But would something like that ironically trigger a strike?
Not if it decreased their work load. After all, even with automation, they’d still need a pharmacist.
My CVS has one woman that would blow your mind. Even tho she’s overworked and has maybe one other person there, she’s a fast knowledgeable person and she knows most by name. Iv’e put in several good ratings but I found out that it’s not just the person you give kudos to, but all CVS pharmacists in that particular store.
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