3 states, 10 days, nearly 4,000 miles: The long journey of a Vancouver-area man’s prescription ordered from a pharmacy 2 miles away
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Thomas Ryll of the Vancouver area had been getting his prescriptions delivered by mail. Since the pandemic though, Ryll said, he orders pretty much everything to be delivered.
“My mantra,” he said, “has been, ‘Lie on the couch, order the item and they put it on the porch in a couple days. Why should I drive somewhere to get it?’”
Usually, he said, he receives what he orders promptly. But in February, his prescription for a low-dose blood pressure medication from the pharmacy 2 miles from his house traveled 3,600 miles, through three states before arriving at his house 10 days later.