# Witnessing Executions During the Age of COVID May Be Hazardous to your Health **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-executions-during-the-age-of-covid-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health/932134 "2021-02-03T13:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-executions-during-the-age-of-covid-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health/932134/1 "2021-02-03T13:57:55Z")
I’m honestly not sure where to post this. It’s COVID-related, but it’s due to policies by Trump and his minions to forge ahead with executions, and those who came down with it weren’t necessarily in favor of any of this. > [@](#): > > **They Covered Trump’s Executions Despite The Risk Of COVID-19. Then They Got Sick.** > > Reporters George Hale and Adam Pinsker together witnessed 12 federal executions over six months before falling ill with the coronavirus. > > n January, as [coronavirus](https://www.huffpost.com/feature/coronavirus) cases spiked throughout the country, [George Hale](https://twitter.com/georgehale?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) and [Adam Pinsker](https://twitter.com/AdamPinsker?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), reporters for Indiana Public Media, made their final trip to the prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where federal death row is housed. > > … > > Bureau of Prisons officials insisted that the executions — which brought together hundreds of staff, media, family members and protesters from all over the country — were being done in the safest manner possible. But Hale and Pinsker, who witnessed nearly all 13, saw firsthand what was going on. Hale [tweeted](https://twitter.com/georgehale/status/1350136221893341190?s=20) [repeatedly](https://twitter.com/georgehale/status/1344842952867246086?s=20) about officials who participated in the executions failing to wear masks. The witnesses were often crammed together in small areas for long periods of time. Social distancing was impossible. Two people imprisoned at the Terre Haute facility ― but not on death row ― [sued the government](https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/11.25.20_smith_v._barr_as-filed_complaint.pdf) to halt the executions, arguing that the gatherings were putting them in danger of contracting the virus, but still, the killings continued. > > And people kept getting sick ― [BOP staff](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-executions-spreading-coronavirus_n_5fce9022c5b6636e09278857), a [spiritual adviser](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-cruelty-of-continuing-federal-executions-during-a-pandemic_n_5fc9010bc5b61bea2b15de84), and eventually, an [outbreak on death row itself](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/federal-court-lifts-stay-of-execution-for-two-men-scheduled-to-die-this-week_n_60006cb5c5b697df1a03bb6a). > **[They Covered Trump's Executions Despite The Risk Of COVID-19. Then They Got...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reporters-trump-executions-covid-19_n_6019af83c5b668b8db3c7ea8)** > > Reporters George Hale and Adam Pinsker together witnessed 12 federal executions over six months before falling ill with the coronavirus. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-executions-during-the-age-of-covid-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health/932134/2 "2021-02-04T21:46:53Z")
A death-cult causes deaths. In this case, in more than one way.