Hawaii Did Not Buy "Death Pods" After Legalizing Assisted Suicide

On August 15th 2020, the Facebook page The State of Hawaii posted on the topic of Hawaii’s legalization of assisted suicide the year before, claiming that the state had ordered 30 "pods" which individuals can lock themselves into and which would kill them and “shrink wrap” their body to be disposed of according to their wishes. This claim went viral on social media, specifically Twitter, and has continued to circulate into September.