Wouldn’t that be funny if like, someone splashed water (or coffee?) on their shirt and while changing it (and thus it was off), managed to survive the horror that killed everyone else?

And then did it again, and again, and again - until eventually they realized that it was literally a fundamental law in the universe that redshirts die, not just bc they are security and thus the first line of defense, but literally because they wear red shirts!?

TNG explored that thought I suppose, several times, especially with the Moriarty story arc.

I just love thinking about things like that :-P.

In the case of redshirts, it would be unethical to test the premise empirically though.