Topic summary
29%10 analyzed articles/videos8,123 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hantavirus results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Optimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 2,210 hits. Analysis detected 13,025 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,215 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 7% (21,097 of 22,487 topics). This Hantavirus is better (less manipulative) than 93.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751006.2% percentile
1.1% BS Score10 analyzed articles29.2K 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 3.0%3.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, 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 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%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%Indoctrination: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

No, cruise ships aren't floating petri dishes25%
Popular Science30%By Clarissa Brincat23%7/24/2026, 5:54:00 AM
French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 118%
AP News71%By THOMAS ADAMSON26% RUSS BYNUM0%5/12/2026, 3:17:30 AM
Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary Islands11%
AP News71%By IAIN SULLIVAN0% SUMAN NAISHADHAM38%5/9/2026, 11:08:47 PM
2 NJ residents exposed to hantavirus that caused cruise ship outbreak6%
Gothamist87%By Caroline Lewis56%5/8/2026, 1:06:58 PM
New Jersey reports patients with hantavirus exposure as 5 other states say residents being monitored4%
The Independent82%By Alex Woodward88%5/8/2026, 12:27:18 PM
Spain prepares to receive passengers and crew from hantavirus-hit cruise ship56%
AP News71%By Bridget Brown23%5/8/2026, 3:53:51 AM
A timeline of the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak and when passengers fell sick6%
AP News71%By GERALD IMRAY0%5/7/2026, 11:31:39 AM
Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality15%
AP News71%By MOLLY QUELL0% SUMAN NAISHADHAM38% ISABEL DEBRE0% GERALD IMRAY0%5/7/2026, 1:05:11 AM
Cruise ship outbreak leaves 3 dead as officials delay medical evacuations and probe hantavirus threat19%
Fox News94%By Greg Wehner80%5/3/2026, 5:12:48 PM
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people18%
AP News71%By GERALD IMRAY0%5/3/2026, 12:59:04 PM