Kate Garraway has voiced her concerns over the new covid-19 vaccine and the speed in which it is being created.
The Good Morning Britain host spoke of her worry that we don’t know enough about the long term side effects of the vaccine, which has seen encouraging results in Phase 1 and 2 trials at the University of Oxford.
On Monday scientists revealed that the vaccine currently on trial is safe and induces an immune reaction, according to their research.
Health experts insist that vaccination is the only long-term solution to the coronavirus pandemic.
But Kate, 53, appeared less than convinced on today’s episode of the ITV programme, and grilled new TV doc Sarah Jarvis - who is standing in for Dr Hilary Jones while he is on a break - over how safe it actually is.
She said: "I have concerns. There are some people anti-vaccine generally and that's a different debate.
“But in this particular incident when so much is new and when so much is new and so much is changing how can we be sure of long-term effects and safety when something has been so quick?"
Dr Sarah Jarvis explained normally vaccine trial results have been done in the short term.
She said: "Now in pretty much every vaccine trial that has been done, the results if there have been side effects, have been fairly short term."
Kate, whose husband Derek Draper is still in hospital following his battle with Covid-19, was not satisfied with this answer and interrupted the TV doc with more questions.
"How do we know that? How do we know what will happen in five years? How do we know what will happen in a year, because it's been so short?” Kate asked.
“Think about the changing information given on masks, the changing information on how COVID is spread. This was all given by people who are extremely authoritative in their field and through no fault of their own, new information has come along as we have learnt.
“That’s one of the concerns we have to be convinced of."
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.
