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| Alta | 1 | Denver East SB | Zaid Umar |
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| Alta | 4 | Alta AB | Emerald Spencer |
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| Alta | 5 | Marlborough AW | Sam Larson |
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| Alta | Octas | Dougherty Valley KZ | Panel |
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| Apple Valley | 2 | Isidore Newman EE | Aidin OBrien |
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| Apple Valley | 4 | Dulles TY | Michael Harris |
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| Apple Valley | 6 | Summit MR | Eric Melin |
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| Apple Valley | Triples | OA Independent VD | Panel |
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| Apple Valley | Doubles | Lexington BF | Panel |
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| Blue Key | 1 | Lexington AT | Jayanne Forrest |
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| Blue Key | 4 | King CP | David Herrera |
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| Blue Key | 6 | Lake Highland Prep AB | Samantha McLoughlin |
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| Blue Key | Doubles | Southlake Carroll SD | Panel |
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| College Prep | 1 | Marlborough WR | David Dosch |
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| College Prep | 3 | Marlborough OO | David Kilpatrick |
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| College Prep | 5 | San Mateo ZS | Parth Shah |
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| Emory | 1 | Ardrey Kell AS | Tommy Jordan |
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| Emory | 1 | Ardrey Kell AS | Tommy Jordan |
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| Emory | 4 | Midlothian VS | David Dosch |
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| Emory | 5 | Harvard Westlake JH | Parth Misra |
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| Emory | Triples | American Heritage Broward EM | Panel |
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| Harrison RR | 1 | Dulles TY | Panel |
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| Harrison RR | 2 | Lexington JB | Panel |
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| Harvard Westlake | 2 | Peninsula SM | Nick Fleming |
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| Harvard Westlake | 3 | Westridge TW | Joshua StPeter |
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| Harvard Westlake | 5 | Stockdale GS | Skye Spindler |
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| Harvard Westlake | Octas | Harker AS | Panel |
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| Nano Nagle | 1 | Harker AS | David Dosch |
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| Nano Nagle | 4 | Northern Valley HS Independent JS | Squid Monteith |
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| Nano Nagle | 5 | Los Altos BF | Carlos Astacio |
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| Nano Nagle | Triples | Harker RM | Panel |
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| Palm Classic | 2 | Saratoga HH | Lena Mizrahi |
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| Palm Classic | 4 | Westwood PM | Colter Heirigs |
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| Peninsula | 2 | Mountain View EN | Aditya Madaraju |
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| Peninsula | 3 | Stockdale GS | Gabriela Gonzalez |
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| Peninsula | 5 | Harvard Westlake JH | Annabelle Long |
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| Peninsula | Doubles | Troy Independent AP | Panel |
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| Peninsula | Semis | Sage MP | Panel |
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| Yale | 2 | Byram Hills AK | Amy Nyberg |
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| Yale | 3 | Scarsdale JT | Eric Tang |
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| Yale | 5 | American Heritage Broward NR | Grant Brown |
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| Alta | 1 | Opponent: Denver East SB | Judge: Zaid Umar 1AC - ag |
| Alta | 4 | Opponent: Alta AB | Judge: Emerald Spencer Lay |
| Alta | 5 | Opponent: Marlborough AW | Judge: Sam Larson 1AC - ag workers |
| Alta | Octas | Opponent: Dougherty Valley KZ | Judge: Panel 1AC - ag workers |
| Apple Valley | 2 | Opponent: Isidore Newman EE | Judge: Aidin OBrien 1AC - ag workers |
| Apple Valley | 4 | Opponent: Dulles TY | Judge: Michael Harris 1AC - ag |
| Apple Valley | 6 | Opponent: Summit MR | Judge: Eric Melin 1AC - ag workers |
| Apple Valley | Triples | Opponent: OA Independent VD | Judge: Panel 1AC - ag |
| Apple Valley | Doubles | Opponent: Lexington BF | Judge: Panel 1AC - ag |
| Blue Key | 1 | Opponent: Lexington AT | Judge: Jayanne Forrest 1AC - ag workers |
| Blue Key | 4 | Opponent: King CP | Judge: David Herrera 1AC - aff disclosure |
| Blue Key | 6 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep AB | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin 1AC - ag workers |
| Blue Key | Doubles | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Panel 1AC - ag |
| College Prep | 1 | Opponent: Marlborough WR | Judge: David Dosch 1AC - mining |
| College Prep | 3 | Opponent: Marlborough OO | Judge: David Kilpatrick 1AC - mining |
| College Prep | 5 | Opponent: San Mateo ZS | Judge: Parth Shah 1AC - mining |
| Emory | 1 | Opponent: Ardrey Kell AS | Judge: Tommy Jordan Round was layish |
| Emory | 1 | Opponent: Ardrey Kell AS | Judge: Tommy Jordan lay round |
| Emory | 4 | Opponent: Midlothian VS | Judge: David Dosch 1AC - mining |
| Emory | 5 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake JH | Judge: Parth Misra 1ac - mining |
| Emory | Triples | Opponent: American Heritage Broward EM | Judge: Panel 1AC - mining |
| Harrison RR | 1 | Opponent: Dulles TY | Judge: Panel 1AC - lunar |
| Harrison RR | 2 | Opponent: Lexington JB | Judge: Panel 1AC - lunar mining |
| Harvard Westlake | 2 | Opponent: Peninsula SM | Judge: Nick Fleming 1AC - mining |
| Harvard Westlake | 3 | Opponent: Westridge TW | Judge: Joshua StPeter 1AC - mining |
| Harvard Westlake | 5 | Opponent: Stockdale GS | Judge: Skye Spindler 1AC - mining |
| Harvard Westlake | Octas | Opponent: Harker AS | Judge: Panel 1AC - mining |
| Nano Nagle | 1 | Opponent: Harker AS | Judge: David Dosch 1AC - covid |
| Nano Nagle | 4 | Opponent: Northern Valley HS Independent JS | Judge: Squid Monteith 1AC - covid |
| Nano Nagle | 5 | Opponent: Los Altos BF | Judge: Carlos Astacio 1AC - covid (almost same as v4) |
| Nano Nagle | Triples | Opponent: Harker RM | Judge: Panel 1AC - covid |
| Palm Classic | 2 | Opponent: Saratoga HH | Judge: Lena Mizrahi 1AC - mining |
| Palm Classic | 4 | Opponent: Westwood PM | Judge: Colter Heirigs 1AC - mining |
| Peninsula | 2 | Opponent: Mountain View EN | Judge: Aditya Madaraju 1AC - mining |
| Peninsula | 3 | Opponent: Stockdale GS | Judge: Gabriela Gonzalez 1AC - mining |
| Peninsula | 5 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake JH | Judge: Annabelle Long 1AC - mining |
| Peninsula | Doubles | Opponent: Troy Independent AP | Judge: Panel 1AC - mining |
| Peninsula | Semis | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Panel 1AC - mining |
| Yale | 2 | Opponent: Byram Hills AK | Judge: Amy Nyberg 1AC - flay covid |
| Yale | 3 | Opponent: Scarsdale JT | Judge: Eric Tang 1AC - acovid |
| Yale | 5 | Opponent: American Heritage Broward NR | Judge: Grant Brown 1AC - covid |
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SEPTOCT - COVID AFF v1Tournament: Yale | Round: 2 | Opponent: Byram Hills AK | Judge: Amy Nyberg 1AC1AC – Contention 1: Disease WarWe got lucky with COVID – future pandemics will be much worse and existing provisions in TRIPs are not used —- the status quo can’t solve.Nancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills. AND analysis, a temporary waiver of IP protections is the world’s best bet. Developing countries need assistance – it’s time for the U.S. to step up to the plate and do its jobStone 21 – Judy Stone is an Infectious Disease specialist; "Covid Vaccine Equity - Developing Countries Need Our Help"; Forbes, May 11, 2021; https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/05/11/vaccine-equitydeveloping-countries-need-our-help/?sh=10939a363ec8 advay AND who are donating supplies while the US has been sitting on the sidelines. It’s not too late—-COVID will continue across the developing worlds for years to come. Plus, the plan helps for black swan future pandemics.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND crisis should be viewed from the perspective of getting ready for next time. A temporary waiver is sufficient—-it creates momentum for America to repeat against harsher future pandemics which spills overNancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills. AND contribute to the fill-and-finish stage of vaccine production.28 Future pandemics at 10x more deadly – absent a solution we’re all going to dieCeballos 5/27 Gerardo Ceballos ~PhD, Dr Gerardo Ceballos is an ecologist and conservationist at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He is particularly recognized for his influential work on global patterns of distribution of diversity, endemism, and extinction risk in vertebrates. He is also well-known for his contribution to understanding the magnitude and impacts of the sixth mass extinction.~, 5/27/21, "THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY", Population Matters, https://populationmatters.org/news/2021/05/sixth-mass-extinction-and-future-humanity DD AG AND and civilization. What it is at stake is the future of mankind.
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SEPTOCT - COVID AFF v2Tournament: Yale | Round: 3 | Opponent: Scarsdale JT | Judge: Eric Tang 1AC1AC – Contention 1: Disease WarWe got lucky with COVID – future pandemics will be much worse and existing provisions in TRIPs are not used —- the status quo can’t solve.Nancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills. AND analysis, a temporary waiver of IP protections is the world’s best bet. Developing countries need assistance – it’s time for the U.S. to step up to the plate and do its jobStone 21 – Judy Stone is an Infectious Disease specialist; "Covid Vaccine Equity - Developing Countries Need Our Help"; Forbes, May 11, 2021; https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/05/11/vaccine-equitydeveloping-countries-need-our-help/?sh=10939a363ec8 advay AND who are donating supplies while the US has been sitting on the sidelines. It’s not too late—-COVID will continue across the developing worlds for years to come. Plus, the plan helps for black swan future pandemics.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND crisis should be viewed from the perspective of getting ready for next time. A temporary waiver is sufficient—-it creates momentum for America to repeat against harsher future pandemics which spills overNancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills. AND contribute to the fill-and-finish stage of vaccine production.28 Future pandemics at 10x more deadly – absent a solution we’re all going to dieCeballos 5/27 Gerardo Ceballos ~PhD, Dr Gerardo Ceballos is an ecologist and conservationist at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He is particularly recognized for his influential work on global patterns of distribution of diversity, endemism, and extinction risk in vertebrates. He is also well-known for his contribution to understanding the magnitude and impacts of the sixth mass extinction.~, 5/27/21, "THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY", Population Matters, https://populationmatters.org/news/2021/05/sixth-mass-extinction-and-future-humanity DD AG AND and civilization. What it is at stake is the future of mankind. 1AC – Contention 2: Unrelenting Hegemony (Short)US primacy is hurt by blocking the vaccinePC 5-3 – Public Citizen is a non-profit, progressive consumer rights advocacy group and think tank based in Washington, D.C., United States) "Don’t Buy Pharma’s Latest Distraction: A Temporary WTO IP Waiver for COVID Meds Would Not Hand "U.S. mRNA Technology" to China," May 3, 2021. https://www.citizen.org/article/dont-buy-pharmas-latest-distraction-a-temporary-wto-ip-waiver-for-covid-meds-would-not-hand-u-s-mrna-technology-to-china/ advay AND a waiver these countries consider necessary for their populations to also obtain vaccines. Vaccine diplomacy is key to US spheres of influence – the aff creates incentives for other countries to align with US primacySmith 21, "Russia and China are beating the U.S. at vaccine diplomacy, experts say", NBC News, 4/2, Alexander Smith: He is a senior reporter at NBC News Digital, where he has worked since 2013. He won an Emmy in 2015 as part of the team that covered the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. In 2017 he won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award as part of the NBC News Digital team covering the Brussels terror attacks, URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-china-are-beating-u-s-vaccine-diplomacy-experts-say-n1262742, KR AND Demarais said. The Bolivian presidency didn't respond to a request for comment. Absent the plan we risk great power war with China – transition to multipolarity is unstable and collapses deterrenceForsyth 19 ~Jim Forsyth currently serves as dean of Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He earned his PhD from the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He has written and published extensively on great power war, intervention, and nuclear issues. "Through the Glass—Darker", Strategic Studies Quarterly , Vol. 13, No. 4 (WINTER 2019), pp. 18-36, JSTOR~recut SLC PK AND could be dragged into a conflict involving one or more of their allies. US-China war goes nuclear.~Caitlin Talmadge (10-15-2018), PhD in Political Science from MIT, BA in Government from Harvard, Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University, "Beijing’s Nuclear Option," Foreign Affairs, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2018-10-15/beijings-nuclear-option~~//recut SLC PK AND and military tensions that might lead to a conflict in the first place. Extinction – nuclear winter, crude oil amplifies, smoke covers the worldSnydera and Ruyle 17 (Brian F.Snydera and Leslie E. Ruyle, 12-15-2017, ~Brian F. Snyder. Department of Environmental Science, Louisiana State University, United States. Leslie E. Ruyle. Center on Conflict and Development, Texas AandM University, United States~"The abolition of war as a goal of environmental policy," No Publication, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717316431?via3Dihub)//SLC PK AND in Asia are typically around 0.3 to 1 mg/m3 . 1AC – Solvency: Public IP HolidayThe plan seamlessly shifts to a direct support model during pandemics, which allows pharma companies to profit and innovate while speeding up the process—-that solves but avoids the innovation DA.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND , predetermined quantities at prices set high enough to guarantee a healthy return. Thus the plan: The United States of America ought to reduce intellectual property protections for the COVID-19 vaccine. The plan’s implemented through a TRIPS waiver for the U.S.— that’s Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, Johnson and Johnson/Janssen The plan bolsters the number of vaccines—-arguments about supply and logistics are empirically disproven.Nancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills. AND will be African—continue to import 99 of its vaccine?’18 Put your critiques away – the plan solves global vaccine shortages that are killing BIPOC the mostPublic Citizen 21 – Public Citizen is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that champions the public interest in the halls of power. We defend democracy, resist corporate power and work to ensure that government works for the people – not for big corporations. Founded in 1971, we now have 500,000 members and supporters throughout the country; "Waiver of WTO Protections for Big Pharma Will Help U.S. Economic Recovery and Boost U.S. Employment"; APRIL 12, 2021; https://www.citizen.org/article/waiver-of-wto-protections-for-big-pharma-will-help-u-s-economic-recovery-and-boost-u-s-employment/ advay AND to the COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that can now protect Americans. FWThe standard is maximizing expected wellbeing.Prefer it:1~ Actor specificity:A~ Aggregation – every policy benefits some and harms others, which also means side constraints freeze action.B~ No act-omission distinction – choosing to omit is an act itself – governments decide not to act which means being presented with the aff creates a choice between two actions, neither of which is an omissionC~ No intent-foresight distinction – If we foresee a consequence, then it becomes part of our deliberation which makes it intrinsic to our action since we intend it to happeno/w 2~ Lexical pre-requisite: threats to bodily security preclude the ability for moral actors to effectively act upon other moral theories since they are in a constant state of crisis that inhibits the ideal moral conditions which other theories presuppose3~ Substitutability—only consequentialism explains necessary enablers.Sinnott-Armstrong 92 ~Walter, professor of practical ethics. "An Argument for Consequentialism" Dartmouth College Philosophical Perspectives. 1992.~ AND explain moral substitutability if it claims that properties like this provide moral reasons. 4~ No intent-foresight distinction—if we foresee a consequence, then it becomes part of our deliberation which makes it intrinsic to our action since we intend it to happen.5~ Use epistemic modesty for evaluating the framework debate:A~ Substantively true since it maximizes the probability of achieving net most moral value—beating a framework acts as mitigation to their impacts but the strength of that mitigation is contingent.6~ Reject calc indicts and util triggers permissibility arguments:A~ Empirically denied—both individuals and policymakers carry out effective cost-benefit analysis which means even if decisions aren’t always perfect it’s still better than not acting at allB~ Theory—they’re functionally NIBs that everyone knows are silly but skew the aff and move the debate away from the topic and actual philosophical debate, killing valuable education7~ Nothing in the 1AC triggers presumption or permissibility – but they should affirm:A~ 1ar time skew means 1ar has to answer 7 minutes of offense and hedge against a 6 minute 2nr collapse, if the neg can’t prove the aff false you should presume its true | 9/18/21 |
SEPTOCT - COVID AFF v3Tournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harker AS | Judge: David Dosch 1AC—COVID1AC – Contention 1: Disease WarDeveloping countries need assistance – the US is keyStone 21 – Judy Stone is an Infectious Disease specialist; "Covid Vaccine Equity - Developing Countries Need Our Help"; Forbes, May 11, 2021; https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/05/11/vaccine-equitydeveloping-countries-need-our-help/?sh=10939a363ec8 advay AND who are donating supplies while the US has been sitting on the sidelines. It’s not too late—-COVID will continue across the developing worlds for years to come. Plus, the plan helps for black swan future pandemics.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND crisis should be viewed from the perspective of getting ready for next time. A temporary waiver is sufficient—-it creates momentum for America to repeat against harsher future pandemics which spills overNancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills. AND contribute to the fill-and-finish stage of vaccine production.28 Future pandemics at 10x more deadly – absent a solution we’re all going to dieCeballos 5/27 Gerardo Ceballos ~PhD, Dr Gerardo Ceballos is an ecologist and conservationist at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He is particularly recognized for his influential work on global patterns of distribution of diversity, endemism, and extinction risk in vertebrates. He is also well-known for his contribution to understanding the magnitude and impacts of the sixth mass extinction.~, 5/27/21, "THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY", Population Matters, https://populationmatters.org/news/2021/05/sixth-mass-extinction-and-future-humanity DD AG AND and civilization. What it is at stake is the future of mankind. Put your critiques away – the plan solves global vaccine shortages that are killing BIPOC the mostPublic Citizen 21 – Public Citizen is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that champions the public interest in the halls of power. We defend democracy, resist corporate power and work to ensure that government works for the people – not for big corporations. Founded in 1971, we now have 500,000 members and supporters throughout the country; "Waiver of WTO Protections for Big Pharma Will Help U.S. Economic Recovery and Boost U.S. Employment"; APRIL 12, 2021; https://www.citizen.org/article/waiver-of-wto-protections-for-big-pharma-will-help-u-s-economic-recovery-and-boost-u-s-employment/ advay AND to the COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that can now protect Americans. 1AC – Contention 2: PrimacyUS vaccines are exceedingly more effective than alternatives, but lack of access causes other nations to pursue Chinese and Russian vaccinesBrown, 21, 7/5/2021, "U.S. Covid-19 'vaccine diplomacy' is catching up to China and Russia's efforts", MSNBC, Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University, URL: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/u-s-covid-19-vaccine-diplomacy-catching-china-russia-s-n1272957, KR AND also yet to clear Sputnik V or Sinovac for use in the country. Vaccine diplomacy is key to US spheres of influence – the aff creates incentives for other countries to align with US primacySmith 21, "Russia and China are beating the U.S. at vaccine diplomacy, experts say", NBC News, 4/2, Alexander Smith: He is a senior reporter at NBC News Digital, where he has worked since 2013. He won an Emmy in 2015 as part of the team that covered the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. In 2017 he won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award as part of the NBC News Digital team covering the Brussels terror attacks, URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-china-are-beating-u-s-vaccine-diplomacy-experts-say-n1262742, KR AND Demarais said. The Bolivian presidency didn't respond to a request for comment. Absent the plan we risk great power war with China – transition to multipolarity in specific regions collapses deterrence and causes war – even if multipolarity in general is good, specific competition over competing regions ignites conflictForsyth 19 ~Jim Forsyth currently serves as dean of Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He earned his PhD from the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He has written and published extensively on great power war, intervention, and nuclear issues. "Through the Glass—Darker", Strategic Studies Quarterly , Vol. 13, No. 4 (WINTER 2019), pp. 18-36, JSTOR~recut SLC PK AND could be dragged into a conflict involving one or more of their allies. US-China war goes nuclear.~Caitlin Talmadge (10-15-2018), PhD in Political Science from MIT, BA in Government from Harvard, Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University, "Beijing’s Nuclear Option," Foreign Affairs, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2018-10-15/beijings-nuclear-option~~//recut SLC PK AND and military tensions that might lead to a conflict in the first place. Extinction – nuclear winter, crude oil amplifies, smoke covers the worldSnydera and Ruyle 17 (Brian F.Snydera and Leslie E. Ruyle, 12-15-2017, ~Brian F. Snyder. Department of Environmental Science, Louisiana State University, United States. Leslie E. Ruyle. Center on Conflict and Development, Texas AandM University, United States~"The abolition of war as a goal of environmental policy," No Publication, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717316431?via3Dihub)//SLC PK AND in Asia are typically around 0.3 to 1 mg/m3 . 1AC – Solvency:Thus the plan: The United States of America ought to reduce intellectual property protections for the COVID-19 vaccine. The plan’s implemented through a COVID waiver for the U.S.— that’s Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, Johnson and Johnson/Janssen The patent system for pandemic-related drugs is currently out of balance—-there’s spurious over-patenting under the guise of innovation, which paradoxically hurts innovation by juicing profits. A temporary waiver in the U.S. for pandemics rebalance the system.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND RandD, prizes for targeted inventions, and direct government support. The plan seamlessly shifts to a direct support model during pandemics, which allows pharma companies to profit and innovate while speeding up the process—-that solves but avoids the innovation DA.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND , predetermined quantities at prices set high enough to guarantee a healthy return. ONLY the plan solves current and future vaccine access.1~ The plan bolsters the number of vaccines—-arguments about supply and logistics are empirically disproven.Nancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills. AND will be African—continue to import 99 of its vaccine?’18 2~ Compulsory licensing and status quo mechanisms are inefficientNancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills, re-cut KR AND analysis, a temporary waiver of IP protections is the world’s best bet. 3~ Manufacturing – only waiver gives them legal accessHRW 21, 6/3/21, Humans Right Watch, "Seven Reasons the EU is Wrong to Oppose the TRIPS Waiver", URL: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/06/03/seven-reasons-eu-wrong-oppose-trips-waiver, KR AND market. The same dynamics are playing out today with Covid-19. FWThe standard is maximizing expected wellbeing.Prefer:1~ Actor specificity:A~ Aggregation – every policy benefits some and harms others, which also means side constraints freeze action.B~ No act-omission distinction – choosing to omit is an act itself – governments decide not to act which means being presented with the aff creates a choice between two actions, neither of which is an omission2~ Lexical pre-requisite: threats to bodily security preclude the ability for moral actors to effectively act upon other moral theories since they are in a constant state of crisis that inhibits the ideal moral conditions which other theories presuppose3~ Only consequentialism explains degrees of wrongness— there’s a difference in breaking a promise to meet up for lunch vs taking a dying person to the hospital but the moral obligations are the same w/o consequences4~ Intuitions outweigh—they’re the foundational basis for any argument and theories that contradict our intuitions are most likely false even if we can’t deductively determine why.5~ Phenomenal introspection —- it’s the most epistemically reliable —- historical moral disagreement over internal conceptions of morality such as questions of race, gender, class, religion, etc prove the fallibility of non-observational based ethics —- introspection means we value happiness because we can determine that we each value ittUV | 10/9/21 |
SEPTOCT - COVID AFF v4Tournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 4 | Opponent: Northern Valley HS Independent JS | Judge: Squid Monteith 1AC—COVID1AC – Contention 1: Disease WarDeveloping countries need assistance – the US is keyStone 21 – Judy Stone is an Infectious Disease specialist; "Covid Vaccine Equity - Developing Countries Need Our Help"; Forbes, May 11, 2021; https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/05/11/vaccine-equitydeveloping-countries-need-our-help/?sh=10939a363ec8 advay AND who are donating supplies while the US has been sitting on the sidelines. It’s not too late—-COVID will continue across the developing worlds for years to come. Plus, the plan helps for black swan future pandemics.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND crisis should be viewed from the perspective of getting ready for next time. Future pandemics at 10x more deadly – absent a solution we’re all going to dieCeballos 5/27 Gerardo Ceballos ~PhD, Dr Gerardo Ceballos is an ecologist and conservationist at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He is particularly recognized for his influential work on global patterns of distribution of diversity, endemism, and extinction risk in vertebrates. He is also well-known for his contribution to understanding the magnitude and impacts of the sixth mass extinction.~, 5/27/21, "THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY", Population Matters, https://populationmatters.org/news/2021/05/sixth-mass-extinction-and-future-humanity DD AG AND and civilization. What it is at stake is the future of mankind. Put your critiques away – the plan solves global vaccine shortages that are killing BIPOC the mostPublic Citizen 21 – Public Citizen is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that champions the public interest in the halls of power. We defend democracy, resist corporate power and work to ensure that government works for the people – not for big corporations. Founded in 1971, we now have 500,000 members and supporters throughout the country; "Waiver of WTO Protections for Big Pharma Will Help U.S. Economic Recovery and Boost U.S. Employment"; APRIL 12, 2021; https://www.citizen.org/article/waiver-of-wto-protections-for-big-pharma-will-help-u-s-economic-recovery-and-boost-u-s-employment/ advay AND to the COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that can now protect Americans. 1AC – Contention 2: PrimacyUS vaccines are exceedingly more effective than alternatives, but lack of access causes other nations to pursue Chinese and Russian vaccinesBrown, 21, 7/5/2021, "U.S. Covid-19 'vaccine diplomacy' is catching up to China and Russia's efforts", MSNBC, Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University, URL: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/u-s-covid-19-vaccine-diplomacy-catching-china-russia-s-n1272957, KR AND also yet to clear Sputnik V or Sinovac for use in the country. Vaccine diplomacy is key to US spheres of influence – the aff creates incentives for other countries to align with US primacySmith 21, "Russia and China are beating the U.S. at vaccine diplomacy, experts say", NBC News, 4/2, Alexander Smith: He is a senior reporter at NBC News Digital, where he has worked since 2013. He won an Emmy in 2015 as part of the team that covered the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. In 2017 he won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award as part of the NBC News Digital team covering the Brussels terror attacks, URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-china-are-beating-u-s-vaccine-diplomacy-experts-say-n1262742, KR AND Demarais said. The Bolivian presidency didn't respond to a request for comment. Absent the plan we risk great power war with China – transition to multipolarity in specific regions collapses deterrence and causes war – even if multipolarity in general is good, specific competition over competing regions ignites conflictForsyth 19 ~Jim Forsyth currently serves as dean of Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He earned his PhD from the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He has written and published extensively on great power war, intervention, and nuclear issues. "Through the Glass—Darker", Strategic Studies Quarterly , Vol. 13, No. 4 (WINTER 2019), pp. 18-36, JSTOR~recut SLC PK AND could be dragged into a conflict involving one or more of their allies. US-China war goes nuclear.~Caitlin Talmadge (10-15-2018), PhD in Political Science from MIT, BA in Government from Harvard, Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University, "Beijing’s Nuclear Option," Foreign Affairs, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2018-10-15/beijings-nuclear-option~~//recut SLC PK AND and military tensions that might lead to a conflict in the first place. Extinction – nuclear winter, crude oil amplifies, smoke covers the worldSnydera and Ruyle 17 (Brian F.Snydera and Leslie E. Ruyle, 12-15-2017, ~Brian F. Snyder. Department of Environmental Science, Louisiana State University, United States. Leslie E. Ruyle. Center on Conflict and Development, Texas AandM University, United States~"The abolition of war as a goal of environmental policy," No Publication, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717316431?via3Dihub)//SLC PK AND in Asia are typically around 0.3 to 1 mg/m3 . 1AC – Solvency:Thus the plan: The United States of America ought to reduce intellectual property protections for the COVID-19 vaccine. The plan’s implemented through a COVID waiver for the U.S.— that’s Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, Johnson and Johnson/Janssen The patent system for pandemic-related drugs is currently out of balance—-there’s spurious over-patenting under the guise of innovation, which paradoxically hurts innovation by juicing profits. A temporary waiver in the U.S. for pandemics rebalance the system.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND RandD, prizes for targeted inventions, and direct government support. The plan seamlessly shifts to a direct support model during pandemics, which allows pharma companies to profit and innovate while speeding up the process—-that solves but avoids the innovation DA.Brink Lindsey 21. Vice President, Niskanen Center; Writes for Brookings, "Why Intellectual Property and Pandemics Don’t Mix," Brookings, June 3, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/, RJP, DebateDrills. AND , predetermined quantities at prices set high enough to guarantee a healthy return. ONLY the plan solves current and future vaccine access.1~ The plan bolsters the number of vaccines—-arguments about supply and logistics are empirically disproven.Nancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills. AND will be African—continue to import 99 of its vaccine?’18 2~ Compulsory licensing and status quo mechanisms are inefficientNancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire 21. *Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa, "What’s yours is ours: waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines," Journal of Medical Ethics, July 6, 2021, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/early/2021/07/06/medethics-2021-107555.full.pdf., RJP, DebateDrills, re-cut KR AND analysis, a temporary waiver of IP protections is the world’s best bet. 3~ Manufacturing – only waiver gives them legal accessHRW 21, 6/3/21, Humans Right Watch, "Seven Reasons the EU is Wrong to Oppose the TRIPS Waiver", URL: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/06/03/seven-reasons-eu-wrong-oppose-trips-waiver, KR AND market. The same dynamics are playing out today with Covid-19. FWThe standard is maximizing expected wellbeing.Prefer:1~ Actor specificity:A~ Aggregation – every policy benefits some and harms others, which also means side constraints freeze action.B~ No act-omission distinction – choosing to omit is an act itself – governments decide not to act which means being presented with the aff creates a choice between two actions, neither of which is an omission2~ Lexical pre-requisite: threats to bodily security preclude the ability for moral actors to effectively act upon other moral theories since they are in a constant state of crisis that inhibits the ideal moral conditions which other theories presuppose3~ Only consequentialism explains degrees of wrongness— there’s a difference in breaking a promise to meet up for lunch vs taking a dying person to the hospital but the moral obligations are the same w/o consequences4~ Intuitions outweigh—they’re the foundational basis for any argument and theories that contradict our intuitions are most likely false even if we can’t deductively determine why.5~ Phenomenal introspection —- it’s the most epistemically reliable —- historical moral disagreement over internal conceptions of morality such as questions of race, gender, class, religion, etc prove the fallibility of non-observational based ethics —- introspection means we value happiness because we can determine that we each value it6~ No intent-foresight distinction—if we foresee a consequence, then it becomes part of our deliberation which makes it intrinsic to our action since we intend it to happen.7~ Use epistemic modesty for evaluating the framework debate: Substantively true since it maximizes the probability of achieving net most moral value—beating a framework acts as mitigation to their impacts but the strength of that mitigation is contingent.8~ Reject calc indicts and util triggers permissibility arguments:A~ Empirically denied—both individuals and policymakers carry out effective cost-benefit analysis which means even if decisions aren’t always perfect it’s still better than not acting at allB~ Theory—they’re functionally NIBs that everyone knows are silly but skew the aff and move the debate away from the topic and actual philosophical debate, killing valuable educationXTExtinction comes first!Pummer 15 ~Theron, Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. "Moral Agreement on Saving the World" Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. May 18, 2015~ AT AND be acting very wrongly." (From chapter 36 of On What Matters) Existential threats outweigh – all life has infinite value and extinction eliminates the possibility for future generations – err aff, because of innate cognitive biasesGPP 17 (Global Priorities Project, Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, "Existential Risk: Diplomacy and Governance," Global Priorities Project, 2017, https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Existential-Risks-2017-01-23.pdf, AND other cognitive biases are likely to affect the evaluation of existential risks.75 UV | 10/9/21 |
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