Nick Ferrari, 61, was jubilant as he joined Phillip Schofield, 58, and Holly Willoughby, 39, on This Morning to discuss Wednesday’s headlines. The British radio presenter and LBC star believed members of the public should be “celebrating” the news the Pfizer vaccine is 90 percent effective in preventing people from contracting coronavirus. However, as the panel debated the news on This Morning, the ITV show presenter and the guest joked they would want to be the first in line to receive the injection from medics.
“This is the day to get the banners out, to get the ballons, to celebrate. It is a fantastic breakthrough,” Ferrari declared.
“But if you ask medical experts, the concern is this: people have always been reluctant to take vaccines because, whereas the injections and drugs actually cure something, this is a prevention.
“People are never as ready to take preventions as they are a cure. But I would absolutely take it,” the radio presenter passionately admitted.
“I would encourage the public to take it. You honestly have to think about the trials that have gone on in the United States, in Germany, in Turkey.
“These countries are so regulated. If you think they would allow anything onto the market that they are not wholly or utterly robust with, I think you’re misplaced.”
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The LBC star added: “I understand people’s concern, but I’m urging them they won’t make this available until they’re absolutely certain.
“It’s the best leap forward. We’ve been talking about this for six, seven months – it’s the best day we’ve had,” he continued.
Schofield then jumped in as he told Ferrari: “We’ve been talking about the fact we’ve been lacking in good news.
“If a nurse walked in with one now on a plate, I would have it. There’s no doubt about it,” he declared, which led to the journalist’s tongue-in-cheek response.
During Monday evening’s coronavirus press briefing, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, explained the UK has ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
However, the politician added they would only be administered once it was approved for human use, with Britain near the front of the queue in relation to those countries also making their bid for the jabs.
Offering some caution, the leader of the Conservative Government stipulated: “The distant bugle of the scientific cavalry is coming over the brow of the hill.
“I can tell you that toot of the bugle is louder, but it’s still some way off, we absolutely cannot rely on this news as a solution.”
The trial for the vaccine was conducted on a sample of 43,500 people in six countries, who were all administered with the course.
Health minister Matt Hancock, 42, has urged the NHS to get ready to start applying the jabs by the start of next month.
GPs in England will have to give members of the public two doses of the vaccine within 21 and 28 days apart.
Clinics are also likely to run from 8am in the morning to 8pm in the evening to meet the demand for the breakthrough drug.
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV.