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Old diseases returning

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nameslessone

nameslessone Report 12 Feb 2026 11:21

There has been a lot recently about the resurgence of measles and tb, but cholera!

There are reports that an elderly man in Warwickshire has died of Cholera. The first in 125 years. He apparently had not been abroad.

We don’t want that coming back.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 12 Feb 2026 11:32

I hope they can locate the source as it is quite concerning.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 12 Feb 2026 11:36

Not actually cholera, apparently - just "cholera-like". Thank goodness!

"The UKHSA has confirmed that an individual tested positive for a type of bacteria called Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. This is a strain of bacteria, but it does not lead to the waterborne bacterial disease that killed more than 100,000 people in the UK during Victorian times. "
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2169777/pensioner-dies-suspected-cholera-case-uk

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 12 Feb 2026 11:50

A very sad case, but thankfully not the toxic version.

Old diseases can still 'get us' - people still die from pneumonic/bubonic plague...

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 12 Feb 2026 11:55

Ah that is good thanks AG

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 12 Feb 2026 12:42

Hope it is just the one.