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Initial editorial revision — 12 May 2026

On 12 May 2026, HantaOSINT conducted a full editorial audit of all dashboard content published since 8 May 2026, identified five factual errors and fabricated narrative details introduced during initial data ingestion, and revised the affected pages. Each correction is logged below.

Major 12 May 2026 Type: Fabricated event Pages affected: 4

Correction 1 — Removed fabricated "Singapore residents test negative" event

Original claim (removed) An event was described in which two Singapore residents were tested for hantavirus and "ruled out." This event did not occur.

Corrected version The event has been removed from all affected pages. No Singapore residents were tested or reported in connection with the MV Hondius cluster as of any verified source. Singapore is not currently among the 14 countries involved in monitoring or contact tracing.

Source prompting correction: Editorial audit against WHO DON599, ECDC update of 11 May, CDC HAN 00528, and Wikipedia consolidation of the MV Hondius outbreak. No Singapore involvement found in any Tier 1 or Tier 2 source.

Pages revised: mock-data.js outbreak list, daily report 9 May, daily report 10 May, outbreaks/2026-mv-hondius.html, daily-reports/index.html

Major 12 May 2026 Type: Inverted framing Pages affected: 2

Correction 2 — Removed "CDC walks back US passenger quarantine plan"

Original claim (removed) A 9 May event described the CDC as having walked back its plan to quarantine returning US MV Hondius passengers, citing an unnamed shift in CDC posture.

Corrected version The framing was inaccurate. The opposite occurred: on 11 May, 18 American passengers were repatriated to the United States via Offutt AFB, Nebraska, with 16 transferred to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, one placed in biocontainment after a disputed "mild" positive test result, and 2 diverted to Emory University Hospital, Atlanta. The CDC did not walk back any quarantine plan.

Source prompting correction: CDC HAN 00528, CDC Situation Summary, NPR and ABC News reporting of 11 May 2026.

Pages revised: daily report 9 May, daily report 10 May

Major 12 May 2026 Type: Unsourced detail replaced Pages affected: 2

Correction 3 — Replaced "bird-watching trip near landfill outside Ushuaia" with verified index case travel history

Original claim (removed) The MV Hondius index case was described as having undertaken a bird-watching trip near a landfill outside Ushuaia immediately before boarding the cruise. The specific bird-watching and landfill details were unsourced.

Corrected version The Argentine Ministry of Health's 6 May 2026 report on the index case documents a 4-month road trip between 27 November 2025 and 1 April 2026 across Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina, with return to Argentina from Uruguay only four days before boarding the cruise. The specific zoonotic exposure event has not been publicly identified. The MV Hondius outbreak file and related pages now reflect this verified history.

Source prompting correction: Argentine Ministry of Health communications, 6 May 2026, as consolidated in the Wikipedia entry on the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak.

Pages revised: outbreaks/2026-mv-hondius.html, mock-data.js outbreak record

Minor 12 May 2026 Type: Numeric accuracy Pages affected: 2

Correction 4 — Corrected American repatriation passenger count from 17 to 18

Original claim 17 American passengers were described as having been repatriated to Offutt AFB on 11 May.

Corrected version 18 American passengers were repatriated on 11 May: 16 transferred to the UNMC National Quarantine Unit, and 2 to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. The earlier figure of 17 reflected one Emory transfer omitted from initial wire reports.

Source prompting correction: CDC HAN 00528 supplemental note, ABC News coverage of 11 May 2026.

Pages revised: outbreaks/2026-mv-hondius.html, daily report 11 May

Minor 12 May 2026 Type: URL slug accuracy Pages affected: 1

Correction 5 — Yosemite outbreak file URL slug corrected from 2017 to 2012

Original URL /outbreaks/2017-yosemite

Corrected URL /outbreaks/2012-yosemite. The Yosemite Curry Village hantavirus cluster occurred in 2012 (June-October), and is sourced to Núñez et al., CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2014. The 2017 slug was a clerical error in the initial site generation. A 301 redirect from the old URL has been installed.

Source prompting correction: Núñez JJ et al., Emerging Infectious Diseases 20(3):386-393, March 2014.

Pages revised: outbreaks/2012-yosemite.html (file renamed); 301 redirect installed from /outbreaks/2017-yosemite

Editorial standards reaffirmed

The 12 May 2026 audit also resulted in the following platform-wide changes:

Every case marker, country aggregate, daily report event, and outbreak claim now carries a source attribution linking to a Tier 1, Tier 2, or named Tier 3 publication. See the methodology for tier definitions.
The fake "Last scan / Next scan" timer in the top bar has been replaced with an honest "Data last verified" timestamp showing the most recent editorial verification pass.
Footer credits now name the editorial lead (Hristo Stanchev, LinkedIn linked), infrastructure provider (Tileterra Systems), and AEO partner (Websiteaiscore), aligning with newsroom byline conventions.
An open-review invitation has been added to the methodology page. Working epidemiologists and public health professionals are invited to email editorial@hantaosint.com with critique or contribution.

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