This Close to Home cartoon from yesterday reminded me of the Publix pharmacy and it was literally too close to home.
Every time I go to pick up a prescription, they try to push other things on me. They aren’t pushing drugs, but they are constantly pushing vaccines and shots.
As I pick up my prescription, the pharmacist says, “Looks like you are due for a flue shot,” or “It’s time for a Covid vaccine update.” Things like that.
It’s sort of sleazy, especially since Publix makes large profits every year. They don’t need to push chemicals on people.
“First quarter sales for Publix Super Markets were $15.1 billion, a 5% increase from $14.3 billion in 2023. Comparable store sales increased by 2.8%,” according to Supermarket News.
A month or so ago I was at the Publix pharmacy and they were pushing a bunch of vaccines and shots on some older man who was there. They just kept hounding him. He didn’t understand what they were talking about and he said he didn’t want them, but the pharmacist kept pushing him with some sort of chart – pointing and saying, “You need this one and this one and this one.”
I didn’t butt in, but sometimes I wish I had said something.
CVS, Walgreens, Publix, they are all the same.
I tried using small mom and pop pharmacies in the past, but every time I did that, they ended up being sold to CVS or Walgreens! I would show up to pick up a prescription and there on the door there would be a sign that says something like, “We are now owned by CVS (or Walgreens). All prescriptions and records are now owned by them. The nearest location is at blah, blah, blah.”
This happened to me three times over the years. Corporate America taking over.
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