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Carrying spares? I'm extremely nearsighted--without glasses I can't even tell that the chart has letters. I have spare eyeglasses everywhere: Upstairs, downstairs, two spares in my car, a spare in my briefcase, a spare in my desk at work, a spare in my gun bag, a spare anywhere I might be in whatever I might have with me. I would not be caught anywhere without a spare of something that was vital to me.
The girl probably didn't have as many reminding episodes with her allergy as you have with finding your eyeglasses.
She may have slipped into a false sense of security, or even thought she outgrew the allergy.
The only zombie in this thread has a handle starting with Hy.
People are idiots. A person comes into a pharmacy demanding a med just be handed to them. It is as likely that they are just a deluded fool as it is that they are trying to save a life. Combine that with the fact that the pharmacist NEVER SAW THE GIRL, and is not a healthcare provider, and from where he was standing, it would have been more zombielike to go along with crazy acting mom.
The girl probably didn't have as many reminding episodes with her allergy as you have with finding your eyeglasses.
She may have slipped into a false sense of security, or even thought she outgrew the allergy.
She would get a pass because she was only 14 and a minor, but, sorry, her mother does not. My mother certainly would not have failed to have my meds in her purse.
Primatene Mist inhalers are available over the counter (OTC). It contains epinephrine and could save someone's life. Another mistake made by the mom and daughter and pharmacist because they could carry one of these and live long enough to get to the ER.
So arbitrary laws define what is available to the public based on what the "experts" believe the public can handle. The USA and European countries regulate drugs heavily unlike say, Mexico.
In this thread I am seeing two groups of people:
1) Those who are a slave to the law and will uphold it even if other people die
2) Those who will use their own judgement to help someone even if it means breaking the law.
i have no problem with someone breaking a law, or rather using an exception to the law, to save a life. as long as they are in fact confronted with an emergency situation. in this case the pharmacist saw no emergency, since the girl was left outside the store.
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Originally Posted by Hyperthetic
People don't ask for an EpiPen, without first offering up a prescription, unless there IS an emergency.
Pharmacists are not trained to handle emergencies, and therefore, they can't.
Zombies can only do what they are trained to do.
There must be perfect conditions for them to function.
ok we get it, you have an extremely low opinion of pharmacists. perhaps you should go through pharmacology training and find out just what they are taught, and perhaps then you can make a more rational judgement.
i have no problem with someone breaking a law, or rather using an exception to the law, to save a life. as long as they are in fact confronted with an emergency situation. in this case the pharmacist saw no emergency, since the girl was left outside the store.
ok we get it, you have an extremely low opinion of pharmacists.
Well, that may be, but I've had many friends who've collected PEZ dispensers.
The only zombie in this thread has a handle starting with Hy.
People are idiots. A person comes into a pharmacy demanding a med just be handed to them. It is as likely that they are just a deluded fool as it is that they are trying to save a life. Combine that with the fact that the pharmacist NEVER SAW THE GIRL, and is not a healthcare provider, and from where he was standing, it would have been more zombielike to go along with crazy acting mom.
She would get a pass because she was only 14 and a minor, but, sorry, her mother does not. My mother certainly would not have failed to have my meds in her purse.
So what!
The pharmacist was still a killer jerk; like Zimmerman was a killer creep.
Very few persons are trained to handle emergencies, and yes, therefore they can't.
Yes, many people believe that you need to be trained to operate a fire extinguisher.
Yes, many people believe that you need to be trained to operate a wheel barrel.
Etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
No one was trained to pull the toddler out of the swimming pool, so they all watched the toddler drown, while they waited for the paramedics to arrive.
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