My 2 cents- although I was eligible as soon as vaccination became available in my “hotspot” area AND had close to zero exposure to anyone, I DID become infected in January, and am just now, in September, beginning to feel more like I want to feel.

I am now fully vaccinated and awaiting input from my doctor concerning the booster. I have been to a couple indoor rehearsals and have played a couple outdoor concerts, but I still fatigue much more easily than I did before my original illness.

Worst of all, being ill disrupted my previous hour/day practice regime for weeks, so I’ve lost ground even with playing. I have confidence in the vaccine and I assume that my risk factor is even lower since I was actually infected, but I still take very few chances, and I miss my regular rehearsal band schedule more than anything else I was doing before the pandemic started.