Topic summary
0%9 analyzed articles/videos6,997 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hantavirus results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 2,034 hits. Analysis detected 10,762 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,711 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (15,302 of 15,689 topics). This Hantavirus is better (less manipulative) than 97.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751002.5% percentile
1.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles24.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.2%8.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 114%
AP News53%By THOMAS ADAMSON0% RUSS BYNUM0%5/12/2026, 10:17:30 AM
Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary Islands6%
AP News53%By IAIN SULLIVAN0% SUMAN NAISHADHAM0%5/10/2026, 6:08:47 AM
2 NJ residents exposed to hantavirus that caused cruise ship outbreak3%
Gothamist77%By Caroline Lewis38%5/8/2026, 8:06:58 PM
New Jersey reports patients with hantavirus exposure as 5 other states say residents being monitored2%
The Independent67%By Alex Woodward72%5/8/2026, 7:27:18 PM
Spain prepares to receive passengers and crew from hantavirus-hit cruise ship43%
AP News53%By Bridget Brown0%5/8/2026, 10:53:51 AM
A timeline of the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak and when passengers fell sick3%
AP News53%By GERALD IMRAY0%5/7/2026, 6:31:39 PM
Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality8%
AP News53%By MOLLY QUELL0% SUMAN NAISHADHAM0% ISABEL DEBRE0% GERALD IMRAY0%5/7/2026, 8:05:11 AM
Cruise ship outbreak leaves 3 dead as officials delay medical evacuations and probe hantavirus threat11%
Fox News88%By Greg Wehner0%5/4/2026, 12:12:48 AM
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people10%
AP News53%By GERALD IMRAY0%5/3/2026, 7:59:04 PM