Tournament: UK Season Opener | Round: 2 | Opponent: Vestavia Hills DS | Judge: Eva Lamberson
V- morality
Morality provides an objective standard of minimizing harm.
Dietrich, E. (2017, December 23). Morality is objective. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/excellent-beauty/201712/morality-is-objective.
There is, however
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should be checked.
Cr - save lives
Under morality, life is the ultimate standard for judging and implementing morality.
Douglas Den Uyl and Douglas Rasmussen, Professors of Philosophy, Bellarmine College and St. John's University, READING NOZICK, Jeffrey Paul, ed., 1981, p244-5
Why should this
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as the end
Developing countries have a disproportionate mortality share from COVID-19.
Gill, I., and Schellekens, P. (2021, June 4). COVID-19 is a developing country pandemic. Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/05/27/covid-19-is-a-developing-country-pandemic/.
But it is
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above 50 percent
Developing countries have been notably struggling with COVID death tolls throughout spring 2021.
Reuters. (2021, March 4). Fact check: COVID-19 deaths have occurred in developing countries and among the U.S. homeless. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-covid-developing-homeless/fact-check-covid-19-deaths-have-occurred-in-developing-countries-and-among-the-u-s-homeless-idUSKCN2AW0ZX
According to WHO
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from the disease
Yet these developing countries may have to wait until 2023 to fully vaccinate their population.
Padma, T. V. (2021, July 5). COVID vaccines to REACH poorest countries in 2023 - despite Recent pledges. Nature News. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01762-w.
Most people in
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World in Data.
The reason for this is the domination of vaccines by high income countries and the intellectual property rights that have allowed it.
Eccleston-Turner and Rourke 2021 Mark, Lecturer of Global Health Law, Keele University, Michelle, CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Fellow, Griffith University, Australia, American Society of International Law, "The TRIPS Waiver is Necessary, but it Alone is not Enough to Solve Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines" 25(9) May 27, https://www.asil.org/insights/volume/25/issue/9
High-income countries have
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as trade secrets.
Waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines would help improve access to vaccines by making it easier for countries to produce or export vaccines.
Silverman, E. (2021, May 6). U.S. will Back proposal to waive COVID-19 VACCINE patent rights. STAT. https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2021/05/05/biden-covid19-vaccine-patent-rights/.
In a significant
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lack manufacturing capabilities.
The impact to this is lives - vaccines have saved thousands of lives from COVID-19.
Schimelpfening, N. (2021, August 18). COVID-19 vaccines Saved 140,000 lives over first 5 months of 2021. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-vaccines-saved-140000-lives-over-first-5-months-of-2021#How-the-study-shows-vaccines-saved-lives.
A new study
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the Delta variant.
Covid-19 has disproportionately impacted women around the world.
Gesund, J. (2021, June 22). How is COVID-19 affecting women's EMPLOYMENT? Evidence from the World Bank's Gender innovation labs. World Bank Blogs. https://blogs.worldbank.org/jobs/how-covid-19-affecting-womens-employment-evidence-world-banks-gender-innovation-labs.
The Gender Innovation
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after the pandemic
Sylvie, B. (2020, April 13). Gender Equality: Why it Matters, Especially in a Time of Crisis. World Bank. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/opinion/2020/04/13/gender-equality-why-it-matters-especially-in-a-time-of-crisis.
Despite this meaningful
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continue to increase.
The impact to this is a decrease in gender equality. It is crucial that we focus on increasing gender equality because it is key to reducing violence and opression and increasing democracy.
SPL No Date - Sexuality, Poverty, and Law Programme, This programme provides new evidence-based knowledge and new policy options that support efforts to: (1) strengthen, through legal reform, the rights of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex) people and others marginalised because of their sexuality; and (2) support LGBTI people and others marginalised because of their sexuality to establish sustainable livelihoods.The theme produces risk-sensitive, practical approaches that can be implemented to achieve legal reform and tackle poverty among people marginalised due to their sexuality, What are the consequences of gender inequality?, http://spl.ids.ac.uk/sexuality-gender-faith/women-gender-power/what-are-consequences-gender-inequality, Accessed 3/31/18ZA
To understand gender
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safety and behaviour