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Actor Ian McKellen has become the poster boy for the United Kingdom’s sprawling COVID-19 vaccine campaign, preserving the national treasure from the pandemic that has claimed the lives of 1.65 million people globally.
The 81-year-old “Lord of the Rings” and “X-Men” star received his first dose of the vaccine Wednesday at the Art Pavilion in London. He praised the publicly funded National Health Service on its administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech drug during the pandemic. It was a much more positive celebrity-related coronavirus development out of London this week. (Side-eyeing you, Tom Cruise.)
McKellen said that he felt “very lucky to have had the vaccine” and would recommend it to anyone without hesitation. A tweet from the NHS London Twitter account quoted the veteran thespian as being “euphoric.”
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The 81-year-old star of ‘Lord of the Rings’ Sir Ian McKellen is part of the first eligible group to receive the vaccination against COVID-19 that was recently rolled out to over 80s in the UK.
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On Wednesday, Sir Ian headed to the Arts Research Centre at Queen Mary University Hospital to get his jab as part of a small group of people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Sir Ian said:
It’s a very special day, I feel euphoric. Anyone who has lived as long as I have is alive because they have had previous vaccinations, the take up amongst the older generation will be 100 percent - it ought to be – because you’re having it not just for yourself but for people who you are close to – you’re doing your bit for society.
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Actor Ian McKellen looks on as he receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine from GP Dr Phil Bennett-Richards at the Arts Research Centre, Queen Mary University Hospital, in London, Britain December 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Sir Ian McKellen is the latest British celebrity to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
The Lord Of The Rings star re-posted National Health Service s tweet with the message: I feel very lucky to have had the vaccine. I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone.
The 81-year-old actor told ITV News in an interview: “That’s the real bonus of all this, to watch and see what works in this country and what doesn’t work – and it seems to me the NHS is right at the top of the list for institutions that do work.
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