‘I Feel Fine’ – Beatles legend McCartney gives COVID vaccine a shot in the arm
LONDON – Beatles legend Paul McCartney gave Britain’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout a big shot in the arm by vowing to be among the first global superstars to be inoculated, The Sun newspaper reported on Friday.
McCartney, 78, is among the third tier of people eligible to receive the jab alongside other over-75s, and said he believed the vaccine offers Britain a way out from the doom and gloom of the COVID pandemic, The Sun said.
“The vaccine will get us out of this,” McCartney told The Sun in an interview.
“I think we’ll come through it, I know we’ll come through, and it’s great news about the vaccine. I’ll have it as soon as I’m allowed.”
McCartney said he was eager to be back on stage as soon as possible after Glastonbury Festival was cancelled this year.
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Ian McKellen euphoric after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON – British actor Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” movies, said he was euphoric after receiving his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and urged everyone who was offered the jab to accept it.
The state-run National Health Service (NHS), which is running Britain’s mass COVID vaccination programme, posted several pictures of McKellen, in a blue T-shirt and a rainbow striped scarf, giving a thumbs up as he received the shot.
“It’s a very special day. I feel euphoric,” McKellen, 81, was quoted as saying in one NHS post which he retweeted.
“I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone. I feel very lucky to have had the vaccination.” — Reuters
