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Following the horrendous events that unfolded in our nation s Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, National Association of Chain Drug Stores president and CEO Steve Anderson shared the following personal thoughts with his staff and the NACDS membership:
It was only a few short days ago when we ushered in the New Year with the hope that 2021 would be better than 2020. That aspiration was destroyed five days later by the abhorrent and detestable assault that we all witnessed yesterday on not only the U.S. Capitol Building, but an assault on our American democracy. Like many of you, I was stunned and shocked by the images of a mob storming the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives as our elected leaders were following their constitutional duty to certify the election of the next president of the United States.
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Pharmacy deserts: Covid-19 vaccine By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Nathaniel Meyersohn and Omar Jimenez © Scott Olson/Getty Images CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 23: Workers talk residents through a COVID-19 self-test at a mobile COVID-19 testing site set up on a vacant lot in the Austin neighborhood on June 23, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The site is one of four mobile testing sites, two community-based sites and two first-responder-focused sites being implemented by the city. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Rochelle Sykes worries that her west side Chicago neighborhood will be left out when the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available next year.
The community, Sykes said, has no pharmacies or grocery stores within walking distance. And many of her neighbors don t own cars and suffer serious health conditions such as obesity and diabetes.