'A woman accused me of poisoning my baby ... all I was doing was waiting at the chemist'
Viewers of the viral video praised the woman for staying so calm during the distressing altercation with an anti-vaxxer.
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A pregnant woman has filmed the moment she was harassed by an anti-vaxxer at her local chemist.
Brittany was in a Walgreens pharmacy in Lafayette, Louisiana, to get a Tdap vaccine, which prevents tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, when the distressing encounter took place.
The anti-vaxxer who was in front of her at the counter bombarded her with questions about her decision to take the Tdap vaccine while pregnant.
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In the video Brittany, who is in her third trimester of her pregnancy, repeatedly told the woman to leave her alone but the woman inexplicably kept turning her head around and peppering her with questions about her decision.
“What makes you think you need a vaccine while you’re pregnant?” the woman asks at one stage.
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"I don't take advice from a woman in the line at Walgreens"
Brittany replied that she took the medical advice from her doctor who went to medical school not a woman “in the line at Walgreens”.
She then urged the woman to “stop talking to her”.
But the woman remained undeterred, throwing more questions at her including whether she knew what ingredients were in the vaccine.
When Brittany again requested the woman go away, the woman ignored her and urged her not to be “influenced by liberalism and vaccines”.
“That’s a new thing,” she continued.
“That isn’t even in my lifetime that we would go while we were pregnant and get vaccines.”
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"You're starting to really p*** me off"
At one point Brittany told the woman that she was really “starting to p*** her off” to which the woman boasted: “I hope so, I hope I am. I really hope I make you think about what you’re doing to your baby.”
When the woman eventually left, Brittany burst into tears, describing herself as “mad and flustered”.
Viewers were quick to rush to Brittany's defence and praise her for the way she handled the unwelcome interrogation.
"You came for her throat with that first remark," one viewer said.
"I would have told her 'you know what, after talking to you, I might just get two'," another viewer said.
"That's my girl right there! You said exactly what you needed to say. I am so sorry that happened to you," a third viewer said.
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"Girl, you're better than me"
Others praised the woman for her patience while dealing with the situation.
"Girl, you're better than me," one viewer said. "I was angrier than a feral cat during my third trimester, I would've gone crazy on her."
"I'm pregnant and am a nurse and I'm fuming!" another viewer said. "I would have thrown horrible words at her for approaching me like this. You composed yourself well."
-with Carla Mascarenhas
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