Whooping cough cases in Florida have soared this year, marking an 81% increase from 2024’s number.

As of Sept. 27, 2025, there have been 1,295 cases reported to the Florida Department of Health (DOH), compared to 715 cases for the entirety of 2024, according to the department’s Reportable Diseases Frequency Report.

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    4 days ago

    I can’t wrap my head around who benefits from astroturfing anti-vax groups so much? Like if ever there are some people on earth who benefit from reduce vacination it has to be a handful. I suppose people who sell fake medicine? Or people who sell real medicine but for preventable diseases (by vaccination).

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      originally, Wakefield put out his bogus study because he had a patent for a rubella vaccine, and wanted to discredit only the MMR vaccine, so people would buy his vaccine. Once that takes hold people run with it

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      Hospitals - assume a hospital stay costs a lot more than a vaccine.

      Also funeral homes and cemetery owners.