Second person to receive Covid vaccine named William Shakespeare – Twitter has pun-heavy response

A plague on NONE of your houses!

It turns out that the second man to be vaccinated for Covid in England goes by the name of William Shakespeare. The vaccine roll-out began this morning and Shakespeare (who happens to hail from Warwickshire) was hot on the priority list.

The second person to get the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is William Shakespeare from Warwickshirehttps://t.co/ZtKExUchMc https://t.co/63pPasGpBZ

So naturally, it's pun time – the RSC led the charge, while & Juliet's own Will Shakespeare also had a crack.

Is this a vaccine which I see before me,
The needle toward my arm? https://t.co/RnyTBt0BvE

In fair corona, where we lay our scene https://t.co/Lo6TmOH2Iy

Couldn't they have given it to actual Caryl Churchill? https://t.co/9sXrAI0jX4

A thousand puns in the comments. "The taming of the flu," is my favorite https://t.co/Mk8M0iRQdp

You're welcome @julietmusical https://t.co/UaEDyNotAx

TB or not TB, that is the question. https://t.co/KshxHvwj0r

HOLD ON A BLOODY MINUTE, THAT'S THE EARL OF OXFORD https://t.co/04Nq7DzBPm

Then how come his Real Name Is Chris Marlowe? https://t.co/JMSixlH1uH

"Thou art so far before that swiftest wing of recompense be slow to overtake thee!"

"You what love?"

"Sorry. Thank you. I just said thank you, that's all."

"You're welcome dear." https://t.co/6iGjBl6Nnf

Romeo n Fluliet https://t.co/GOnA4avOvI