Topic summary
40%28 analyzed articles/videos25,734 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Disease Outbreaks results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 6,581 hits. Analysis detected 55,128 faulty-reasoning hits from 99,892 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (21,824 of 22,940 topics). This Disease Outbreaks is better (less manipulative) than 95.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751004.9% percentile
1.0% BS Score28 analyzed articles99.9K 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 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.6%6.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 6.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan reports two deaths due to cyclosporiasis13%
WDET 101.9 FM25%By Nargis Rahman23%8/3/2026, 2:17:17 PM
The Diarrhea Lettuce Is Officially Killing People69%
Futurism93%By Victor Tangermann92%8/3/2026, 12:54:17 PM
Negativ…16%Recency…6%
Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite4%
AP News71%By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER SUDHIN THANAWALA44%8/3/2026, 9:42:13 AM
America Getting Lesson in Consequences of Trump’s War on Public Health as Rare Disease Outbreaks Ravage the Country90%
Futurism93%By Joe Wilkins91%8/3/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Nurses chase Cyclospora using grocery receipts, food apps and detailed interviews8%
KFF Health News | Ideastream Public Media23%By Kate Wells40%8/1/2026, 2:00:00 AM
East Village tenants fearing Legionnaires’ disease exposure are frustrated after going two months without showers41%
amny.com39%By Sadie Brown44%7/30/2026, 2:45:37 PM
Almost the Entire Country Is Drowning in Cases of Explosive Diarrhea49%
Futurism93%By Victor Tangermann92%7/30/2026, 11:58:33 AM
String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance40%
Daily Montanan29%By Jennifer Shutt57%7/30/2026, 10:03:38 AM
Bucking Texas decline in vaccination, El Paso public schools record high immunization rates22%
El Paso Matters8%By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert22%7/30/2026, 6:00:00 AM
‘The child is terrified’: Doctors on the front lines of a measles comeback speak out34%
San Diego Union-Tribune52%By Tribune News Service40%7/30/2026, 5:00:45 AM