“What’s in a name?” William Shakespeare famously asked in the tragic romantic play, Romeo and Juliet. Centuries later, it appears that there can be rather a lot of drama attached to a name, in particular when it belongs to the Bard himself. Viewers of a news channel in Argentina have been amused and exceptionally confused to discover that the world had lost the 16th-century playwright just after he took a COVID-19 jab, lately. Well, as you may well have noticed the timelines are askew by a couple of centuries. The reality is that William Shakespeare, the playwright, was laid to rest at Stratford-upon-Avon following his death in 1616.
It quickly became clear that the Television anchor had confused the English playwright with a man of the similar name. The British man in query died at the age of 81. The death of William “Bill” Shakespeare from Warwickshire was reported across the world as he held the distinction of being the second particular person in England to get the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. His distinctive name had also added to the interest about him, causing him to trend on social media platforms.
The unfortunate mixup, according to The Guardian, occurred on May 27 when Noelia Novillo, a newsreader on Canal 26 mourned the death of the “great man” throughout the 8 pm -10 pm slot. Sharing the news, she mentioned, “We’ve got the news that has stunned all of us given the greatness of this man. We’re talking about William Shakespeare and his death. We’ll let you know how and why it happened.”
She failed to comprehend the blunder even as the footage of the Warwickshire man appeared on the screen. She additional added, “As we all know, he’s one of the most important writers in the English language — for me, the master. Here he is. He was the first man to get the coronavirus vaccine. He died in England at the age of 81.”
The video of the incident went viral on social media just after it was shared by a user on Twitter. Posting the tweet, the man added a note that translated to, “This is amazing I can’t stop watching.”
Esto es increíble no puedo dejar de verlo pic.twitter.com/Ha8DUNuTYj
— Fato Gloro (@cruziisimo) May 28, 2021
Internet customers had a field day laughing at the hilarious mixup.
#WilliamShakespeare & #WilliamShakespeare listening from the beyond, the news narrated by Argentine journalists… pic.twitter.com/jOZZGkOKmb
— Romina (@TweetDiRomina) May 29, 2021
One user added, “Let’s not cry for William Shakespeare, he lived his life and enjoyed the affection of people for centuries.”
No lloremos por William Shakespeare, vivió su vida y disfrutó del cariño de la gente durante siglos.
— Santiago García (@sangarciacorre) May 28, 2021
Another comment study, “Look, here you have Shakespeare who lived like 500 years and then you have the other girl saying that men do not take care of their health.”
Mira, aca lo tenes a shakespeare que vivio como 500 años y despues tenes a la otra blda diciendo q los hombres no cuidan su salud ????
— Squiel (@ezefb4) May 28, 2021
“This is way funnier than it should be,” wrote yet another user.
@KingofShirgar This is way funnier than it should really be???????????????????????????????????????????? https://t.co/2ZTXULtthI
— Kreator (@KreatorofTweets) May 29, 2021
Some have been basically unable to think that the slip up had occurred.
Please no, inform me that is a fake… She did not really imply it, did she? ????????♂️????♂️ #Shakespearehttps://t.co/ffEADbPkK9
— oscar (@anteo75) May 29, 2021
Meanwhile, the 81-year-old died last week due to a stroke that was deemed unrelated to the COVID-19 jab. He was an inpatient in the frailty ward at University Hospital, Coventry, at the time of his very first vaccination. Mr Shakespeare was administered the vaccine just after 91-year-old Margaret Keenan, who was the very first particular person in the nation to get the shot.
Following his death, Mr Shakespeare’s wife Joy mentioned in a tribute that he loved seeing the media coverage about him in December and would generally speak about it to people today to encourage them “to get their vaccine anytime they could.”
Tell us what you think of this entire name fiasco.