The UK has begun one of its largest vaccination drives and 81-year-old namesake of the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare, became the second citizen in the West to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Coronavirus vaccine.
Shakespeare, who was vaccinated in front of the cameras, said he didn't even feel the needle and was glad he could contribute. "It could make a difference to our lives from now on, couldn't it?" he said.
'Bill' William Shakespeare received the vaccine in the University Hospital in Coventry in the Midlands, not far from Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of the Bard.
Bill's name sparked a "much ado" not over nothing as creativity flowed on social media platforms.
'The Taming of Flu' and 'The Two Gentlemen of Corona' were trending as an evidence that there is still a lot "in a name". The image of Shakespeare receiving the vaccine was widely shared.
One commentator wondered if Margaret Keenan were to be called Patient 1A, would Shakespeare be "Patient 2B or not 2B?" Another said he was "glad he (Shakespeare) wasn't Bard from having it", and some hoped that "In a world when people hardly ever remember who came second, the second person to get the Covid jab might stick in the memory".
Health secretary Matt Hancock insisted that the vaccine roll-out "makes you so proud to be British". and shared a laugh on live television that the second person to receive the vaccine was named William Shakespeare.
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