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Themes labels used: epidemics, contagion, public health, medical ethics, conspiracy, corruption, power and money, gender bias, bureaucracy, science versus politics, quarantine, healthcare systems, fear of infection, social prejudice
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A CDC pathologist investigates bizarre deaths in New York and uncovers a bioterror plot tied to a deadly engineered virus.
Why this is here
Themes labels: biological warfare · public health · scientific responsibility · human vulnerability · terrorism · fear of contagion · science vs fiction · real-world plausibility · government secrecy · weaponized science · pandemic anxiety · human greed
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Distance: 0.1402
A medical student uncovers a lethal hospital conspiracy after routine surgeries leave healthy patients in comas.
Why this is here
Themes labels: medical ethics · hospital corruption · organ harvesting · gender bias · sexism · trust in medicine · women in medicine · abuse of power · profit over life · scientific morality · conspiracy
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Distance: 0.1414
In post-COVID Seattle, a public health officer races to stop a deadly outbreak with an untested vaccine.
Why this is here
Themes labels: vaccine hesitancy · public health ethics · risk vs benefit · science vs fear · herd immunity · outbreak containment · corporate greed · misinformation · trust in institutions · compassion in crisis · public responsibility · decision making under pressure · medical uncertainty · collective action · balancing harms
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A journalist investigates a festival illness that becomes a fast-moving antibiotic-resistant pandemic.
Why this is here
Themes labels: antibiotic overuse · public health · pandemic preparedness · science vs politics · government failure · corporate greed · food ethics · industrial farming · animal welfare · media responsibility · truth seeking · panic and denial · quarantine · social fragility · human selfishness · cross-species contamination · scientific literacy · medical cautionary tale · survival
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Distance: 0.1427
In a near-future antibiotic crisis, a nurse’s search for her birth mother unearths family secrets and deadly truths.
Why this is here
Themes labels: antibiotic resistance · ageism · medical ethics · euthanasia · public health · pandemic fear · social inequality · resource rationing · government control · biosecurity · personal responsibility · scientific research · family identity · grief · forgiveness · loss · sacrifice · survival · morality in crisis · public health policy · medical triage · human cost of policy · danger of overuse
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A transatlantic flight carrying a possible deadly virus is denied landing, trapping crew and passengers in a global crisis.
Why this is here
Themes labels: public health · quarantine · government secrecy · moral dilemma · civil liberties · survival · containment · panic · sacrifice · international cooperation · conspiracy · technology and risk
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Distance: 0.1428
In a walled quarantine zone, a local teen must escort a kidnapped outsider to safety before his temporary immunity runs out.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · power struggle · politics · community · loyalty · morality · fear · leadership · gender inequality · class divide · public health · quarantine ethics · resource scarcity · trust · hope · coming of age · identity · social commentary · pandemic response
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Distance: 0.1459
A NYC medical examiner investigates a sudden death tied to transplantation, gene editing, and a feared outbreak.
Why this is here
Themes labels: bioethics · medical ethics · genetic engineering · transplant ethics · public health panic · bureaucracy · science and society · pandemic fear · family stress · work-life conflict · greed · power abuse · medical research · regulation lag · truth vs appearance
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Distance: 0.1461
A CDC investigator traces a vampire virus as it spreads worldwide and upends politics, law, religion, and society.
Why this is here
Themes labels: public health · pandemic response · civil rights · disability rights · social inequality · religion and power · politics and governance · media influence · conspiracy thinking · social satire · otherness · fear of contagion · assimilation · elitism · class power · ethics of transformation · oppression · institutional complicity
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Distance: 0.1471
In a near-future New York ravaged by antibiotic resistance, a detective hunts a mystery tied to a boy everyone wants.
Why this is here
Themes labels: public health · survival · fear · hope · humanity · government power · civil liberties · authoritarianism · racism · xenophobia · immigration · class inequality · medical ethics · science vs politics · crisis response · misinformation · prejudice · capitalism
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Distance: 0.1485
On Pern, an apprentice harper faces bullying, first love, and a deadly plague that threatens the whole world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: public health · quarantine · infection control · social inequality · class prejudice · gender discrimination · friendship · hope · sacrifice · duty · survival · leadership under pressure · knowledge loss · record keeping · coming of age
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A forgotten space-borne fungus escapes underground confinement, forcing three unlikely allies to stop a global outbreak.
Why this is here
Themes labels: containment · infection · public safety · humanity at risk · bureaucratic neglect · forgotten danger · survival · science and ethics · biological warfare · global catastrophe · fear of contagion · trust under pressure
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1527
