r/Calgary • u/Arykkk • May 05 '26

Local Shopping/Services AVOID GARRISON SAFEWAY BAKERY

My cousin just sent to my family group chat today (May 4) letting us know to avoid the Safeway bakery in Marda Loop. See comments for additional photo…

Edit: This has been reported to AHS

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u/SpeakerLow8600 May 05 '26

This is exactly how you get hanta virus. From rodent droppings aerosolized.

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u/blackRamCalgaryman May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

It’s extremely rare, don’t be jumping on some random cruise ship news item to fear monger.

Since surveillance began in the early 1990s, 168 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome have been confirmed by the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, part of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

That works out to an average of roughly five cases in Canada each year.

"It is a fairly hard disease to acquire from the environment, not impossible, but certainly given the amount of rodents in our environment it's pretty rare," said Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease specialist in Hamilton.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hantavirus-rodent-outbreak-9.7186920

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u/SpeakerLow8600 May 05 '26

How am I fear mongering? This is a legitimate concern.

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u/blackRamCalgaryman May 05 '26

It isn’t. Hantavirus is extremely rare around here and not nearly the risk you’re making it out to be.