It’s an arduous journey from self-isolation, lockdown etiquette to post-curfew lifestyles where a majority of the population is exercising self-denial. Getting away from it all is also not an option because COVID-19 travel lockdown makes it impossible to book a holiday anywhere with the same carefree abandon as in the past. There are countries who have got the science right with good effect, maintaining a low-risk status but coronavirus has not been eradicated. Cyprus may be holding the high ground of coronavirus smugness, having successfully contained the disease but the outlook could easily change. Essentially, we are living in a coronavirus bubble, free to walk around inside it, although unable to leave.