New measles outbreak
by Emily Jo Scalzo
a plague of anti-vaxxers
spreading diseases
a scapegoat for autism
destroy herd immunity
There is a resurgence of measles outbreaks and now Florida is ending vaccine mandates based on RFK Jr.’s “research”.
Further reading:
‘Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren’, 2025, Mazzei, P., The New York Times, available: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/florida-vaccine-mandates.html
Author bio:
Emily Jo Scalzo holds an MFA in fiction from California State University-Fresno. Their work has appeared in various magazines including Midwestern Gothic, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and others. Their first chapbook, The Politics of Division (2017), was awarded honorable mention in the 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Awards.