DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 7, 2020 As an antidote to the doom and gloom surrounding this worldwide festival of death, I thought it might be nice to look on the positive side and forecast the date when there are zero deaths attributable to Corona recorded in the UK. There is a light at the end of this dark tunnel and I predict the date when no virus deaths occur will be July 1st. Over to you. The winner will be the person who gets closest to the date (obviously). There is no prize, as achievement is its own reward. In the event of the virus mutating and killing ever increasing amounts of humanity on a daily basis until we're all extinct, there will be no competition winner. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,410 Posted April 7, 2020 Will this be the first given day without any recorded deaths? What happens if there are no deaths on 1st July, followed by more deaths, then none from the 4th July onward? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Will this be the first given day without any recorded deaths? What happens if there are no deaths on 1st July, followed by more deaths, then none from the 4th July onward? I'm keeping it simple - the first day with zero Corona deaths in the UK. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted April 7, 2020 Feb 23 2021 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasper de Havilland 6 Posted April 7, 2020 February 24th, 2021. Surely we don’t have to wait too long, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted April 7, 2020 Hm, gonna say around August 2nd... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted April 7, 2020 I'll go for October 10th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted April 7, 2020 23rd July perhaps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,896 Posted April 8, 2020 December 25th, Christmas Gift 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,298 Posted April 8, 2020 May 8th, 2021 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted April 8, 2020 August 18th 2021 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Red Death 87 Posted April 8, 2020 January 18, 2022 (worldwide, even including the UK) (my birthday) (also, a day after Betty White's 100th birthday) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted April 8, 2020 August 22nd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted April 8, 2020 September 11th Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 8, 2020 2021 guesses? Are you people serious? i will abandon this website and never return in an alt or any form whatsoever if we even get to December. Granted — you must make the same claim for me to hold my end of the bargain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted April 8, 2020 7 hours ago, chilean way said: December 25th, Christmas Gift Yeah, good guess. Bureaucratically likely. I have to go with Boxing Day then. Edit: I want to point out that China didn't report any deaths yesterday, so about 3 months after lockdown, if you can believe it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted April 8, 2020 14 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: 2021 guesses? Are you people serious? i will abandon this website and never return in an alt or any form whatsoever if we even get to December. Granted — you must make the same claim for me to hold my end of the bargain. Italy has been in total lockdown now since 11th March - if their lockdown same as Spain then more severe than UK. After 27 days of total lockdown there were still 3,039 new recorded cases yesterday. To get to nil cases as reported by China yesterday that number would need to come down to less than 100 a day for about a month probably. I don't see the new base line even with our European version of a lockdown being that low. My August 2021 date is based on a vaccine being delivered and administered in around 12 months. I'm not taking your bet as that would impact on the DDP team but I'm certainly serious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted April 8, 2020 October 14th 2021. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddyfool 379 Posted April 8, 2020 Bank holidays are where it's at, bureaucratically. The May ones seem a bit soon, though, so I'm going for August 31st 2020. On top of the impact of lockdown, increased testing and case finding, altered behaviour etc, I'd expect us to get down to 0 Covid deaths for at least some days this summer since hopefully at least one of the many treatments being trialled should have proven helpful and been rolled out by then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,282 Posted April 8, 2020 October 31st Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
