Ian McKellen receives Covid-19 vaccine

Of course, this is not magnetism. But it will help one of the most beloved actors around avoid catching a disease that claimed the life of over a million people this year.

The first approved vaccines against covid-19 are now administered in countries around the world, and immunization priorities for frontline health workers and civilians most vulnerable to the virus means that people from all walks of life have started receiving vaccines. Of these this week? Acting legend, sometimes assistant, Sir Ian McKellen.

McKellen took social media by storm yesterday with photos of him receiving the first of two doses of Pfizer / BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at Queen Mary’s University Hospital in London. Talk to the press Upon receiving the photo, McKellen said he was feeling “euphoric,” which was probably just his Latent X-Gene coming into play, but he went on to encourage anyone who could to get vaccinated themselves, in order to protect everyone around them.

“It’s invasive of course, it looks like a gun – a needle – but it’s not, he’s a friend, “McKellen joked. “I encourage everyone to do what makes sense, not just for themselves but for everyone, because if you are virus free it helps everyone, doesn’t it? “

Listen to Magneto, friends, because we have new gods now.

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