Next Covid death free day

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Was looking at the figures today, and the falling infections and the good news about the vaccines stopping a good percentage of people getting very ill and promising information about transmitting the virus, but also being warned about future spikes and variations.

It got me thinking will we ever see a day free of a Covid death and if so when.

My guess, of it was to happen, we'd be looking at the back end of August; but maybe that's not going to happen as people return from holidaying abroad?

If we do get one, it should be a day of national celebration.
 
Deaths are way down compared today, only 110 announced, down from 231 last Tuesday, when Tuesday is usually the highest total of the week.

Looking at the "date of death" data my guess is we've slipped below 100/day actual.
 
Was looking at the figures today, and the falling infections and the good news about the vaccines stopping a good percentage of people getting very ill and promising information about transmitting the virus, but also being warned about future spikes and variations.

It got me thinking will we ever see a day free of a Covid death and if so when.

My guess, of it was to happen, we'd be looking at the back end of August; but maybe that's not going to happen as people return from holidaying abroad?

If we do get one, it should be a day of national celebration.
It should be a day of national celebration, then they'll be another massive spike in infections and it all begins again
 
Was looking at the figures today, and the falling infections and the good news about the vaccines stopping a good percentage of people getting very ill and promising information about transmitting the virus, but also being warned about future spikes and variations.

It got me thinking will we ever see a day free of a Covid death and if so when.

My guess, of it was to happen, we'd be looking at the back end of August; but maybe that's not going to happen as people return from holidaying abroad?

If we do get one, it should be a day of national celebration.
Ireland had one yesterday thank God
 
Not everyone will get vaccinated. I'd guess maybe 20% from people who won't to people who can't.
Fair enough, but if that’s the case the rest of the country shouldn’t be held hostage in the future, and the facts should be shared not media bias nonsense. We’ve had enough.
 
Fair enough, but if that’s the case the rest of the country shouldn’t be held hostage in the future, and the facts should be shared not media bias nonsense. We’ve had enough.
The country certainly shouldn't be held accountable to refusniks. They can take their chances and presumably not bother the NHS when they come down with it. Those with medical reasons would presumably be continuing some form of shielding and isolation indefinitely?
 
17 today.

The lowest since September.

I really hope we get there soon.

One last push folks, wash your hands, keep your distance, cover your face unless exempt.

And now I'm going home to isolate because a member of my team has caught it!
 
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17 today.

The lowest since September.

I really hope we get there soon.

One last push folks, wash your hands, keep your distance, cover your face unless exempt.

And now I'm going home to isolate because a never of my team has caught it!
Encouraging, but the figures are always lower on Monday.
 
Going through and deleting some of my old bookmarks, this thread struck a chord.

There has never been a day with zero Covid deaths, the closest we got was 3 in July last year.
 
Covid is now endemic and unless science makes a pretty magnificent breakthrough it's here to stay.
 
Going through and deleting some of my old bookmarks, this thread struck a chord.

There has never been a day with zero Covid deaths, the closest we got was 3 in July last year.
I wondered why this had popped up.

That's quite something.

On reflection, I wonder whether anyone really believed the message that having the vaccine stops you being contagious.

To think it didn't exist in 2019 and now it's going to be around, well potentially, forever.
 
I’m just glad that that horrific period is over and in the greater scheme of things was a relatively short period of years.

It was absolute hell for everyone. Whether you lost love ones in that time. Whether you suffered mental anguish through fear. Whether you felt like a caged tiger. Even whether you thought the world had gone mad and the vaccine and the disease were over blown lunacy.
Whichever camp you were in it was hell. Lives destroyed, corruption rife and the legacy of collapsed economies and debts still with us.

Not worth gloating who was right or wrong. It was just bloody horrific.
 
I wondered why this had popped up.

That's quite something.

On reflection, I wonder whether anyone really believed the message that having the vaccine stops you being contagious.

To think it didn't exist in 2019 and now it's going to be around, well potentially, forever.
I'm sure it helped, especially against pre Omicron variants, not being infected being one factor, and having milder, shorter disease if you are generally makes you less infectious as well.

The whole thing was a learning exercise for everyone, I'm sure that the message was given out in good faith, even if parts of it turned out to be wrong.
 
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