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Seasoned Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. says it is legitimate for people to raise red flag over the COVID-19 vaccines which are yet to arrive in Ghana.

The vaccines, which according to reports have already been administered in some foreign countries, have become a topical issue as some critics believe it doesn't pass for an antidote to curb the current pandemic disease.

Skeptics are of a strong notion that the vaccines are, in themselves, another health disaster.

Touching on the COVID-19 vaccine development, Mr. Pratt noted that those who have doubts over the vaccines are not to be condemned.

He stated that it is legit for people to ask all relevant questions about the efficacy of the vaccines because the vaccines didn't go through adequate clinical trials.

He explained that, due to the emergency of the Coronavirus situation, the vaccine developers had to skip some trials in order to quickly come up with vaccines to treat the viral disease that has since claimed millions of lives and affected millions worldwide.

''We skipped a lot of the phases. There is however a cogent explanation for that. The explanation is that this disease has existed over a year; within this short period, it has killed more than 2 million people. We're heading to about 2.5 million dead people worldwide. So, if we have to wait to go through the phases - phase 1, phase 2, phase 3, phase 4, it might have very dire consequences. This is why I understand that some of the phases have to be skipped but the danger is still there. It present a danger," he said.

He, however, called on the skeptics to also minimize their questions and rather look at the brighter side of vaccines.

''Sometimes, we have to minimize the questions and scepticism because if care is not taken, we will face extinction as the human race," he stressed during Peace FM's morning show ''Kokrokoo''.