Gothamist⁠77%

2 people exposed to hantavirus have returned to New York state ⁠11%

By Giulia Heyward⁠48%

6/1/2026, 8:09:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Representativeness Heuristic, and Status Quo Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 38.2% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 211 faulty-reasoning hits from 173 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 28% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (19,501 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 89.10% of the article peer group.

Two people exposed to hantavirus have returned to New York state, the city's health department said Monday. 
The pair had been under federal quarantine in Nebraska after a deadly outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. 
Three people tied to the outbreak died after contracting the virus, according to previous reporting. 
The two people will complete a 42-day monitoring and quarantine period at personal residences outside New York City, according to a statement from New York City Health Commissioner Dr. 
Alister Martin. 
"The risk to New Yorkers remains low," Martin said. 
"At this time, no one is planning to return to New York City." 
Martin said the pair will follow established infectious disease protocols, including masking, controlled transportation and daily monitoring by local and state health officials. 
The city's health department said it remains in close contact with the New York State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and will provide updates if the situation changes. 
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173 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers57%attributed speech75writer words
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Writer's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageorganization name drawn from the content • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageAlister Martin • 2 words • 0.0% coverageAlister Martin • 9 words • 0.0% coverageAlister Martin • 13 words • 0.0% coverageAlister Martin • 23 words • 0.0% coverageorganization name drawn from the content • 34 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Alister Martin

96%flagged-word coverage
47 attributed words48% of attributed speech20% writer coverage

No manipulation-pattern hits were found in this speaker's attributed words or the writer's voice.

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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