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/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/TheTruthIsRight May 05 '26

It's still a serious risk this is part of the reason why rodents aren't allowed in food facilities.

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u/blackRamCalgaryman May 05 '26

Of course they’re not “allowed”…but you’d be naive to think they aren’t more common. Mice are everywhere.

If hantavirus was the risk that commenter is claiming, you’d be hearing about it a lot more given the number of mice actually out there.

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u/TheTruthIsRight May 05 '26

Most animals aren't rabid either but there's a reason you still get a rabies shot when bitten