The Prime Directive and COVID-19
7 min readApr 1, 2020
Stardate March 31, 2020
Lt. Uhura: Captain, we are getting a distress signal from COVID-19, a planet in the Corona Galaxy. They say their population is experiencing a disease outbreak that is killing thousands, and they cannot get control over it. They want Starfleet expertise and support.
Captain Kirk: Sulu, lay a course for COVID-19 at warp speed 20. (pressing his communicator…