KevinMD October 31, 2025
Florida has seen over 1,300 pertussis cases this year, an 81 percent increase from 2024. I didn’t speak as a retired pediatrician. I spoke as a witness: a witness to systems retreat, a witness to the dismantling of public health, and a witness to the consequences of ignoring coordinated care.
The numbers are staggering. Over 1,500 confirmed measles cases in 2025. Three deaths, the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. in over a decade. Behind these numbers: children, families, and communities left vulnerable by a system that once promised protection.
We built that system over 125 years through legislation, vaccination campaigns, and coordinated care models. We thought we eliminated measles in 2000. Not so. This administration brought the scourge back,...
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