Picture this...

I am standing in line at the only flu clinic in town. There is an older woman chumming it up with a new mother in front of her.

Older woman: “What a lovely baby. Can’t be older than 3 or 4 months, can he?”
New Mom: “Good guess. He is four months.”
Older Woman: “What a wonderful age and look at you, so thin.”
New Mom: “Thank you. That really makes my day.”
A few minutes pass. The older woman is obviously annoyed by something.

Older woman: “Honey, I don’t mean to be rude but you know this clinic is for high risk people only, right?”
New Mom: “Yes.”
Older woman: “I am sorry, honey, but only children older than six months are considered high risk.”
New Mom: “Well, people constantly around new borns also fall in the high risk category and my doctor recommended that I get a shot.”
Older Woman: “The news has not said that once. It is okay for her to be here (pointing at me), she pregnant. I am not sure about you.”
New Mom: “He will be old enough to receive the vaccine in two months but there will not likely be any supply left. I am breastfeeding so my doctor recommended that I get the shot so I will be protected and also pass along the immunity to him.”
Older Woman: “I don’t know if you are right about that- the news hasn’t mentioned that once.”
A few minutes pass.
Old Woman: “You are breastfeeding? Humpf, no wonder he is so chubby.”

As the line snakes around, the older woman complains to the screener. The screener tells her to mind her own business.