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.
“I’d fight you for it, Phillip,” Ferrari quipped, with the presenter laughing off the exchange before returning to the core topic of discussion.
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