B.C., we need to talk about vaccinations

Dr. Jane Finlay had measles as a child, but in a sense she was lucky.
She did not get pneumonia. She did not go deaf nor suffer brain damage from encephalitis. She did not die.
“I had a high fever and photophobia, so I was in a dark room with a terrible cough,” she said. “Pneumonia and ear infections are quite common because measles suppresses the immune system and one in a thousand gets encephalitis.”
Today, Finlay spends a good deal of time persuading parents that they