Comparisons between the coronavirus vaccine and the Thalidomide scandal are "insulting", a consultant for the Thalidomide Society has said.
Following the news the UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, "Thalidomide" began trending on Twitter.
Opponents of the vaccine - which has taken less than a year to develop - compared it to a drug marketed as a treatment for morning sickness in the late 1950s and early 60s.
The drug was later found to cause birth defects in foetuses. However, Dr Ruth Blue, consultant for the Thalidomide Society, said it was "a bit insulting that suddenly Thalidomide gets remembered after all these years when it suits anti-vaxxers to have something to compare to".