Certainly it is not magnetism. But it helps one of the most loved actors around prevent yourself from contracting a life-threatening illness more than a million people this year.
T.he first approved vaccines are against Covid-19 now is administered in countries around the world, and priorities for vaccinating primary health workers and citizens most vulnerable to the virus meant that people of all walks of life started out receiving shots. Among those this week? Acting legend, sometimes wizard, Sir Ian McKellen.
McKellen took social media by storm yesterday pictures of him taking the first of two doses of the Pfizer / BioNtech covid-19 vaccine at Queen Mary’s University Hospital in London. Speak to the press When he received the shot, McKellen said he felt ‘euphoric’, which was probably just his latent X-Gene kicks in, but he went on to encourage anyone who could to step forward and get vaccinated, to protect themselves from everyone around them.
“It’s invasive, of course, it looks like a weapon – a needle – but it’s not, it’s a friend, ‘McKellen joked. “I would encourage everyone to do the wisely, not just for themselves but for everyone, because being virus free helps everyone, doesn’t it? “
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