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81-year-old man named William Shakespeare is second person in the U.K. to receive COVID-19 vaccine – CBS News
“If Margaret Keenan is patient 1A for the vaccine, would William Shakespeare be 2B, or not 2B …” one Twitter user wrote.
An 81-year-old man became the second person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.K. on Tuesday, but he gained worldwide attention over his name: William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare, who hails from Warwickshire, the county where the famous English poet was born, got his shot at University Hospital Coventry. Shortly after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, Shakespeare said it was “groundbreaking” for him to be getting one.
“It could make a difference to our lives from now on, couldn’t it?” he said….
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