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They are not going to come back': The dark reality of SF's pharmacy crisis (www.sfgate.com)
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[โ€“] zabadoh@ani.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Irony, because, as the article points out, the big chains flooded the pharmacy market, and killed all the independent pharmacies as designed.

Now they're closing themselves, leaving a vacuum behind, which will take years to fill.

[โ€“] SaltSong@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

Wal-Mart effect. I don't know if they pioneered it, but that's what it is.