It may be tempting fate but there are encouraging signs of progress being made against coronavirus.
While there are reports of major outbreaks in some countries and its reappearance in others, Britain seems to be gaining control.
And where there are spikes, new measures are proving successful and less disruptive.
Several affected towns, mainly in north west England, are experiencing the government's new intervention strategy, aimed at keeping the outbreaks local by introducing some social distancing while allowing business and pleasure activities to continue
Unlike Leicester where the city went back into lockdown.
Another new approach is in test and trace where the local authorities are linking with the NHS to isolate the outbreak and provide a quicker response.
In Wales, the cautious approach taken by First Minister Mark Drakeford, seems to be paying off.
People generally have been patiently awaiting freedom which they are now starting to enjoy. Infection rates have fallen steadily with death becoming rare - none on some days.
Even the storm over the examination 'results' fiasco has died down, with most students relieved and reasonably happy with the revised results.
Boris Johnson must be hoping that calmer waters lie ahead although even on vacation in Scotland he managed to make the headlines, for the usual wrong reasons.
While staying at a cottage in the Scottish highlands he risked a night camping in a nearby field, only to enrage the farmer who complained that he did not ask for permission, and even lit a fire.
Certainly not the first, and probably the last, blaze, to be set off by our prime minister.
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