scrubbedexpat091

What is wrong with people? A man in Quebec was apparently frustrated about the social distancing measures at Wal-Mart so hit a security guard with his car and then fled the scene, but was later arrested and charged, the security guard is in critical condition in hospital.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...-run-1.5522500

MillieF

The BBC has just advised that Boris Johnson has just been admitted to hospital with C19.

BristolUK

I haven't said it does. I have allowed for the possibility of a shortage - as has already happened very recently with medical supplies and over the last few months in Canada and completely unrelated with other drugs.

And if that happens at a time when people continue to collect three months at a time there will be some with up to three months worth and some with none.

It's really not rocket science.

Jerseygirl

I hope when all this is over people such as grocery store workers, nurses, etc get a decent wage which reflects how much we need/rely on them.

BristolUK

Sweden prepares for possible tighter coronavirus measures as deaths rise

BristolUK

If that's all it is, why was it ever allowed to get three months at a time and once it had been, why so slow to reverse it?

scrubbedexpat091

Seems more like a world wide supply chain issue and not Canada specific. If a pharmacy has to fill a prescription once per month, that takes labor, and cost to the pharmacy, they shouldn't be expected to do it for free. I would also assume if people are now filling every 30 days vs 90 days, this adds higher workload onto the pharmacists and techs and may need to work longer hours to meet the demand. Really doesn't look like a way to make more, seems like the pharmacies will actually end up doing more work and they should be paid for it. Drugs themselves are not huge profit makers for retail pharmacies, I have one medication where a month supply is $3.87 how could any pharmacy make a profit on that drug?

https://www.surreynowleader.com/news...iption-limits/

There is also a shortage of OTC medications especially Tylenol and related because people are stocking up, like with TP.

Jerseygirl

I have never, ever paid pharmacy charges until I came to Canada...not in the US or UK. Ridiculous IMO.

BristolUK

Same as bank charges I suppose - not with the US, of course.

It's even more weird that the very same drug/quantity has a different price between two retail pharmacies and a different processing fee too.

Why don't they just identify what profit margin they want and charge accordingly, just like any other retailer.

Jerseygirl

never pay bank charges...here or US or UK.

Danny B

They should be given the same amount of appreciation as health care workers and first responders. Same for the farmers who grow the food, and the truckers who deliver the food. The forgotten heroes keeping us all fed.

scrubbedexpat091

Same, it was just my co-pay, never realized there were places where there was a filling fee. My co-pay at the time was $5 for generic and $10 for name brand up to a 90 day supply. At that time my monthly premiums was $0 as my employer paid premiums in full for single employees with no dependents.

Bank charges were new to me when I came to Canada as well, at the time monthly banking in the US was free at most banks, then when I came to Canada there really were no free options except PC Financial, unless one had a couple thousand in the bank at all times to meet the monthly minimum, or a mortgage, now there are more free options in Canada and many US banks have gone to monthly fees if certain criteria isn't met, but back then monthly fees were not something banks in California were doing.

scrubbedexpat091

These graphs from CBC

Tangram

My Mrs has been in store everyday, usually 9 hour shift between cash and Pharmacy. I worry, the abuse some people give, let alone the dumb people who have come in straight from coming back from Florida - straight to the store to stock up BEFORE they self isolate. WTF.

Danny B

I worry for my Wife too. She works at Canadian Tire but at least now they have installed some flexi glass to protect the cashiers. She still gets rude & ungrateful customers.

Closing the Ontario cdn tire stores has pretty much wiped out there website https://www.canadiantire.ca/en.html