- How to spot bogus AIDS organizations. (Thanks to Derek.)
- The public trusts scientists – but not their conclusions. (Thanks to Some Canadian Skeptic.)
- Rite Aid is handing out $500,000 in refunds after a false cold remedy advertising suit. (Thanks to Steve.)
- A chat with Richard Dawkins. (Thanks to Dave.)
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.
Lawsuits/articles like that (against Rite Aid) are undermining the placebo effect … Utterly irresponsible!
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
@Kaylia_Marie: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121857457080834399.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/08/11/daily20.html
Yep! CVS bought Longs. It might take a while for the transition, but it will happen! So soon you’ll have CVS. :)
@Kaylia_Marie:
I completely forgot about Thrifty’s! I used to get ice cream there every Saturday as a kid
@marilove: Heh well that’s cool I guess… no real preff one way or the other.
As long as I can still buy stuff, I’ll be fine! :)
@Augustus: Indeed! We used to do it on Friday afternoons on the way home from school.
CVS does have the best pharmacy hours. In NC they’re the only places open until 9PM (to fill a prescription, that is)!
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.
@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)
On second thought, no one even mentioned K-Mart…..so why the hell did I bring it up?