Pre V I had been doing just that for years, decades, several nights a week usually with a beer. Enjoyed the company and the beer.
Had my first jab but having survived a year by avoiding inside venues no beer and not learned anything new I suppose I can manage without it.
I haven't and won't try allegedly 'virtual' events but many seem happy with them. If the net had been invented in the Sixties there might have been no need of the 'revival'.