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.
I really can’t think of a single dice roll in life with higher stakes than what parents you’re born to.
Imagine being born a healthy white straight cis male to a suburban, middle-class family that believes your severe illness from a preventable disease that led to your death was part of God’s plan.
Everyone stop telling me to imagine these horrible things! I don’t want to! I imagine enough horrible things on my own!