Posted on 04/13/2020 8:40:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Death penalty states have been asked to hand over their stockpiles of drugs used in lethal injections to instead help save the lives of hundreds of patients admitted to intensive care units after contracting the coronavirus.
Seven medical practitioners and experts addressed a letter to state correctional facility directors urging them to turn over their supplies of sedatives and paralytics to hospitals where they can be used for intubation and mechanical ventilation in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
“Health care workers across the United States are facing unprecedented shortages of vital resources needed to battle COVID-19,” the letter said. Scarce resources include not only ventilators and masks, but also key medicines such as sedatives and paralytics needed for intubation and mechanical ventilation. […]
The letter was sent out to the corrections departments in all states where capital punishment is legal, The Guardian reported. Not all states that allow capital punishment disclose if they stockpile medication for lethal injections. At least 19 states have execution procedures that involve sedatives and paralytics. …
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My first read reaction to the title was, “That’s one way to handle the elderly.”
Um... I don’t think Euthanol is exactly a drug of choice for treating any patient. Or is the intent to start euthanizing patients?
Should be using rope for executions anyway.
Rope is cheap with no environmental issues.
Hemp rope though. None of this pollution heavy Poly crap.
Yeah those two doses per state or so will make all the difference.
File this under “make up a fake issue for political reasons” and ignore it.
I’m sure that it can be arranged for a price.
As if those states stockpile the stuff by the gallon and can just move it on out without a boatload of paperwork.
Fine. There’s no shortage of rope.
All these prisoners complaining that they’ve been exposed to COVID should be the first to be treated.
Ruh-row. Must be moving to Plan B.
Seven Demagogic Party stooges make some demands, rest of the world ignores or ridicules those demands, happy ending.
Recent articles have pointed out that, perhaps, ventilators and aggressive, invasive, intubation may actually be more harmful than helpful...
Just sayin’... maybe we don’t need so many damn ventilators and such?
Unproven, off label, not FDA approved.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
My bet is that these drugs are available to hospitals but they know once the prisons give up these drugs, they will not be able to get them replaced because the drug manufacturers refuse to supply them.
Dr. Joel B. Zivot, an associate professor . . .
May as well since people on death row usually die of old age.
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