Skepticism

Skepchick Quickies, 7.15

Jen

Jen is a writer and web designer/developer in Columbus, Ohio. She spends too much time on Twitter at @antiheroine.

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  1. I didn’t even know Rite Aid was still around. I thought CVS ate most of ’em up, but I guess a few are still kickin’. I wonder if Walgreens and CVS will have to do similar? I know Walgreens has their own brand, but I’m not sure about CVS because I never pay attention to that kind of stuff when I go.

  2. Lawsuits/articles like that (against Rite Aid) are undermining the placebo effect … Utterly irresponsible!

  3. @marilove: You obviously don’t live in Baltimore. At my last apartment, I had two Rite Aids within five minutes’ walking distance. Three within ten minutes. My new apartment, however, only has one that close.

  4. @MarlowePI: Well, I actually work for CVS (not the retail side). :) CVS ate up most of the Rite Aids on the West side of the country, I think. And Long’s (Hawaii!). I haven’t seen a Rite Aid in yearrrrrs.

    CVS is also kicking Walgreen’s ass.

  5. @marilove: In CA (bay area) we have Rite Aids, walgreens, Longs… but no CVS’s.

    Make of that what you will.

    We used to have Thrifty’s… used to damn good cheap ice cream at the Thrifty’s.

  6. @Kaylia_Marie: Oh, you have CVS, just not in the bay area. They are ALL over So Cal (there are like, 3 distribution centers there) — including Ontario, I think.

    I am almost positive those Longs will be CVS soon. CVS bought out Longs.

  7. One of the bits from the piece on public trust of scientists that I found interesting was that scientists tend to be Democrats, but Democrats at large had the worst understanding of science. I wonder what happens to that result if you control for education and income.

  8. @marilove:

    Granted, I don’t live in the major Ontario cities, (though) I do visit Toronto fairly often), but I have never seen any of the stores you and Kaylia mentioned (except when I visited NYC in February….before we needed passports to cross the border….bah!).

    I’ve heard of Walgreens (thanks to Buffalo television beamed to the greater Toronto market), but what the hell is a Rite Aid?

    We used to have K-Mart all over Canada, but no one I know has seen one in years (thanks to NAFTA)

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