Most COVID-19 relevant Treks?
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For a loose metaphor, try "The Game" of season 5. Instead of microscopic cooties, they get a replicated headset with angry birds and the pestilence they spread.
This episode reminds me of the smartphone junkies. Stephen King dealt with them in his novel Impulse. Cell Phone junkies were struck by an impulse and turned into Zombies. Non-addicts were free to kill them.
The connection is: now there are toilet paper junkies - I wish they were struck by that impulse.
It's ok, you're both just going to abandon your salamander babies to fend for themselves.
I was actually working on a list of disease-themed episodes as a possible episode elimination game, like the other ones run recently in this forum... whether I was going to run that game, though, was still feeling up in the air. It relaxes me to compile it, but I'm not sure anyone would actually want to play it! I'm not sure even I would want to play it.
If you want to go really on-the-nose, "Angel One" has that B story where a virus appears from nowhere, rapidly blasts thru the ship, and nearly kills them all.
"Enterprise" has the arc with T'Pol's pa'nar syndrome, and DS9 has the Changeling disease featured heavily in the last season. DS9 also had "Babel" and "Armageddon Game", all about our characters becoming infected with pernicious and highly contagious diseases.
"Lifesigns" from Voyager is THE great Vidiian ep, I think. A lot of good stuff in there, with Danara finding some happiness after a lifetime of struggling with and being defined by disease. And of course Voyager also has "The Disease", buuuuut...
And of course there's always the Augment virus over on Enterprise, smoothing out all those Klingon heads...
If you want to go really on-the-nose, "Angel One" has that B story where a virus appears from nowhere, rapidly blasts thru the ship, and nearly kills them all.
"Enterprise" has the arc with T'Pol's pa'nar syndrome, and DS9 has the Changeling disease featured heavily in the last season. DS9 also had "Babel" and "Armageddon Game", all about our characters becoming infected with pernicious and highly contagious diseases.
"Lifesigns" from Voyager is THE great Vidiian ep, I think. A lot of good stuff in there, with Danara finding some happiness after a lifetime of struggling with and being defined by disease. And of course Voyager also has "The Disease", buuuuut...
And of course there's always the Augment virus over on Enterprise, smoothing out all those Klingon heads...
Pretty much. The B-story was halfway decent. The A-story was unfortunately so banal, trite, cliche, and loaded with so much hairspray that (a) one could smell it across the TV screen, and (b) overhead where the studio was had revealed a complete dissipation of ozone by sensor equipment...
Good picks... was one of those where Harry picked up a STD of alien origin and almost died? (or was that the cleverly titled "The Disease"?
)That Enterprise story with the augment virus was a bit rough around the edges...
And just where is the smiley of the smile face hiding behind a sofa?
None, since Star Trek isn’t about letting your viewing preferences be dictated by a disease.
Requiem For Methuselah
Captain's log, stardate 5843.7. The Enterprise is in the grip of a raging epidemic. Three crewmen have died and twenty three others have been struck down by Rigelian fever. In order to combat the illness, Doctor McCoy needs large quantities of ryetalyn, which is the only known antidote for the fever. Our sensors have picked up sufficient quantities of pure ryetalyn on a small planet in the Omega system. We are beaming down to secure this urgently needed material.
Most forget that the purpose for going to Flint's planet was because the Enterprise was infected with a deadly epidemic; a plague ship. Even 23rd century technology couldn't stop it. 
I think we would have to wait at least three years. I mean, they certainly can't start filming in the present circumstances!
That said, if I was a Star Trek writer, I would already be exchanging notes. From my home, of course.
I mean, needing to collect all different human blood types to create the ultimate virus? What virus ever has cared about blood type?!
Xindi wanted to create a biological weapon and not a virus. A virus can be a biological weapon, but not all biological weapons are virus.
Yes, they give more than two poops. You can find here very recent study from Wuhan/China about Corona virus and risk ranking of blood types. Since Cold War it was an issue to develop biological weapons which are based on blood types. (Uncle google is your friend, they say ) Writers of Carpenter Street sure used this widely known research topic. Maybe it is better criticize them to use that washed out idea.
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"Observer Effect" feels like the best case scenario for containment depicted in Star Trek ever. First two people who felt unwell (Trip & Hoshi) are diagnosed and kept separated from the rest of the crew. Meanwhile here in reality, we're more like the earlier experiment Organians conducted on the Klingon ship.
Let's try Q Who for a metaphor
Q introduces us to an as of yet distant danger, but the "government" Picard & co is convinced they are 'prepared' for anything the universe could throw at them. So, Q puts them to the test and shows them what would happen. Even once in contact with the enemy, they still ignore any warnings from people who have experience with the Borg (Guinan). The danger seems relatively dormant and slow, at first. But despite them taking what they consider adequate safety measures (e.g. maintaining a transporter lock at all times) once the Borg gain pace, they keep accelerating and accelerating, outpacing and nullifying any neutralisation policy the Enterprise tries to throw at them.
Ultimately, they are saved by Q - this time. But they know the danger will return sooner or later ....
Q introduces us to an as of yet distant danger, but the "government" Picard & co is convinced they are 'prepared' for anything the universe could throw at them. So, Q puts them to the test and shows them what would happen. Even once in contact with the enemy, they still ignore any warnings from people who have experience with the Borg (Guinan). The danger seems relatively dormant and slow, at first. But despite them taking what they consider adequate safety measures (e.g. maintaining a transporter lock at all times) once the Borg gain pace, they keep accelerating and accelerating, outpacing and nullifying any neutralisation policy the Enterprise tries to throw at them.
Ultimately, they are saved by Q - this time. But they know the danger will return sooner or later ....
TAS: "Albatross" deals with finger-pointing in the aftermath of a plague. We still have that to look forward to.
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