The Meadows Verdirame Aff
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SO - COVID Waiver ACTournament: Long Beach | Round: 2 | Opponent: IDK | Judge: IDK COVID AC - PracticeMy value is life and my criteria is utilitarianism. Saving lives is the most important function of a government who must represent all of its people, and evaluating costs and benefits emphasizes critical comparative decision making skills. I will defend a TRIPs waiver for COVID 19 vaccines and medical technology for the duration of the pandemic.Contention One - HarmsThe COVID pandemic is spreading rapidly, particularly in developing countries, due to mutations and a lack of vaccinesHong, 2021 – reporter for Bloomberg ~Jinshan Randy Thanthong-Knight, and Jason Scott "It's Not Just India: New Virus Waves Hit Developing Countries" May 3, 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-03/it-s-not-just-india-new-virus-waves-deluge-developing-countries~~ The primary reason for low vaccination rates is a lack of vaccine doses – patent holders cannot keep up with supply, and wealthy nations have bought all of the surplus.Ogwell, 2021 - Deputy Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control ~Ahmed, "'Absolutely Unacceptable' COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Developing Countries" The Development Podcast August 3, https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/podcast/2021/07/30/-absolutely-unacceptable-vaccination-rates-in-developing-countries-the-development-podcast~~ International efforts like Covax are failing due to high prices and contracts with rich nations.Ghebreyesus 2021 – General Director of the World Health Organization ~Tedros Adhanom "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at 148th session of the Executive Board" 18 January 2021 https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-148th-session-of-the-executive-board~~ A lack of vaccines in the developing world will allow the pandemic to continue due to mutations.Erfani 2021 - Fellow, University of Global Health Equity, Harvard Medical School ~Parsa June 21 with Sophie Harman and Eugene Richardson, The Conversation "To end COVID-19 we need vaccine justice for developing countries not outdated charity – viewpoint" https://theconversation.com/to-end-covid-19-we-need-vaccine-justice-for-developing-countries-not-outdated-charity-viewpoint-162818~~ A new wave of Mutated COVID will kill millions and could cause extinctionDuzgun 2020 – prof of Historical Sociology and International Relations at Leiden University, Netherlands. ~Eren 5/5/20 Capitalism, Coronavirus and the Road to Extinction, https://socialistproject.ca/2020/04/capitalism-coronavirus-and-road-to-extinction/~~ COVID is a unique threat to humanity – it is different from previous disease outbreaks because of our abuse of nature.Wiebers, 2020 -Emeritus Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic ~D.O. with Feigin V.L. "What the COVID-19 Crisis Is Telling Humanity" Neuroepidemiology 2020;54:283–286 https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/508654~~ Contention Two - SolvencyVaccine equity is essential to ending the pandemic – leaving the developing world unvaccinated will cause mutations which spread worldwide.Shah, 2021 - president of the Rockefeller Foundation ~Rajiv, "The choice for rich nations: Help vaccinate the developing world, or face a prolonged pandemic" March 19, 2021 https://fortune.com/2021/03/19/rich-countries-covid-vaccine-developing-world-options/~~ Ending patent protection of COVID medical technology is essential to vaccine equity – intellectual property claims slow global ProductionMazzucato, 2021 – director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London ~Mariana, with Jayati Ghosh and Els Torreele, "Intellectual property and covid-19" Apr 20th 2021 The Economist https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2021/04/20/mariana-mazzucato-jayati-ghosh-and-els-torreele-on-waiving-covid-patents~~ There is substantial build up production Capacity – ending intellectual property protections will allow generic production in other countriesAcharya, 2020 - former lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ~Arnab, 06 July 2020 "Opinion: The debate around intellectual property rights and the COVID-19 vaccine" https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-the-debate-around-intellectual-property-rights-and-the-covid-19-vaccine-97609~~ A COVID patent waiver would reduce the Cost of vaccines, while increasing Cooperation on research and distributionNarwat, 2021 - journalist at UNLEASH group ~Allie "Exploring the Covid-19 vaccine IP waiver proposal at the WTO" 15 Mar 2021 https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/wto-ip-waiver-proposal-covid19-vaccine/~~ A patent waiver would cause developing countries to increase Investment in production and is an important Symbolic victory for public health.Pietromarchi, 2021 - Italian freelance journalist ~Virginia, 1 Mar 2021, Al Jazeera, "Patently unfair: Can waivers help solve COVID vaccine inequality?" Amid growing calls for vaccine equity, World Trade Organization members debate how to boost global access to coronavirus shots https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/1/can-a-waiver-on-ip-rights-solve-vaccine~~ Pandemics are a limited exception to patents – intellectual property should not apply during a pandemic because the Short Term costs become catastrophic.Lindsey, 2021 - Vice President - Niskanen Center ~Brink, "Why intellectual property and pandemics don't mix" June 3, 2021 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/~~ Solvency is Linear – every instance of delay costs lives and causes crises.Shah, 2021 - president of the Rockefeller Foundation ~Rajiv, "The choice for rich nations: Help vaccinate the developing world, or face a prolonged pandemic" March 19, 2021 https://fortune.com/2021/03/19/rich-countries-covid-vaccine-developing-world-options/~~ | 9/18/21 |
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