Many of us have chosen to keep largely isolated from each other when we can and for the most part avoid the busy shopping centres and supermarkets we used to frequent.
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It has come as a welcome and much-needed release then to feel able to return to some of the normality we dearly miss.
However a trip out must come with a cautious warning that not everyone is being cautious.
While retail outlets are doing what's required in terms of restricting the number of people in shopping aisles and placing markers on the floor where customers should stand, that doesn't seem to be enough.
An early morning trip to Bunnings on the weekend revealed that despite visible signage everywhere shoppers had no intention of sticking to aisle limits.
In fact shoppers waiting for aisles to empty were left waiting indefinitely as "busy" people pushed past in an effort to pick up their hooks, plants and tools.
The only thing Bunnings could do to fix the problem would be to employ large numbers of floating staff to walk the aisles and ensure people adhere to the rules.
Of course it's not practical or financially viable for Bunnings or any other retail outlet to do that.
It's up to the shoppers to do the right thing and many of them simply are not doing that.
We're all grateful for the freedom we have, let's not tempt fate simply because we're "over it" or too lazy.
Lives are at risk, why not do the right thing people?
