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0 - Contact InfoTournament: All | Round: Finals | Opponent: You | Judge: Any Note: I would like trigger warnings for sensitive content. Email/Hangouts: enyagu8@gmail.com | 8/26/21 |
0 - DebateDrillsTournament: All | Round: Finals | Opponent: You | Judge: Any | 8/26/21 |
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SEPTOCT COVID 1ACTournament: Jack Howe | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harker AM | Judge: Vanessa Nguyen 1AC1AC1AC - 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. 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 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. 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. Future pandemics are 10x more deadly - extinctionCeballos 21 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 1AC – Contention 2: WTO CredibilityThe new head of the WTO is on track to push for reform and an increased role in the international arena, but is hindered now due to lack of vaccine agreement by nations that will never agreeBaschuk 21 – Bryce Baschuk is a Bloomberg Reporter; "WTO Chief Pursues a 'Hectic' Agenda to Fix World Trade's Referee"; Bloomberg, April 27, 2021; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-27/wto-chief-pursues-a-hectic-agenda-to-fix-world-trade-s-referee advay A U.S. patent waiver through WTO mechanism is necessary to revitalize WTO's credibility, create momentum for further reform, and solve stalemates in current talksMeyer 21 – David Meyer is the Editor of CEO Daily and a senior writer on Fortune's European team. Author of the digital rights primer, Control Shift: How Technology Affects You and Your Rights; "The WTO's survival hinges on the COVID-19 vaccine patent debate, waiver advocates warn"; Fortune, June 18, 2021. https://fortune.com/2021/06/18/wto-covid-vaccines-patents-waiver-south-africa-trips/ advay Post Covid WTO legitimacy and credibility are necessary to prevent a downward spiral of protectionism – U.S. action ensures best implementationSolís 20 – Mireya Solís is director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, and a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings; "The post COVID-19 world: Economic nationalism triumphant?"; July 10, 2020; https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/07/10/the-post-covid-19-world-economic-nationalism-triumphant/ advay Trade solves great power competition – mere perceptual regionalism causes militarized crisesLake 18 – David Lake is a Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego; "Economic Openness and Great Power Competition: Lessons for China and the United States"; April 30, 2018; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3171196/ advay Independently, WTO cred solves nuclear war – allows an off-track for nuclear weaponsHamann 09 – Georgia Hamann is a J.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University Law School, "Replacing Slingshots with Swords: Implications of the Antigua-Gambling 22.6 Panel Report for Developing Countries and the World Trading System"; 2009; advay 1AC – Solvency: Public IP HolidayThe 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. 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. 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. FWExistential 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, | 9/18/21 |
SEPTOCT Insulin 1ACTournament: Jack Howe | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Marlborough AW | Judge: Leah Clark-Villanueva, Joel Lemuel, Sam Larson 1AC1AC CoreAdvantageInsulin is prohibitively expensive – new insulin analogues move the needle from human insulin to a lower quality, more expensive drugPeccoud et al 18 Jenna E. Gallegos ~~,1 Christopher Boyer,2 Eleanore Pauwels,3 Warren A. Kaplan,4 and Jean Peccoud ~Prof. Jean Peccoud joined the department in January 2016 as the Abell chair in synthetic biology~1,*, December 18, "The Open Insulin Project: A Case Study for 'Biohacked' Medicines"", Trends in Biotechnology Vol 36 No. 12, https://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/pdf/S0167-7799(18)30200-2.pdf DD AG IP perpetuates evergreening, specifically for insulin – that prevents the creation of cheap, generic medicineGreene 15 Jeremy A. Greene, M.D., Ph.D ~I received an MA in medical anthropology from Harvard in 2004, the MD and PhD degrees in the history of science from Harvard in 2005~., and Kevin R. Riggs, M.D., M.P.H., March 19, 2015, "Why Is There No Generic Insulin? Historical Origins of a Modern Problem", New England Journal of Medicine 372:1171-1175, https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1411398 DD AG This isn't just a one off – it's been happening for the last centuryPeccoud 18 Jean Peccoud ~Prof. Jean Peccoud joined the department in January 2016 as the Abell chair in synthetic biology.~, 9-13-2018, "After a century, insulin is still expensive – could DIYers change that?," Conversation, https://theconversation.com/after-a-century-insulin-is-still-expensive-could-diyers-change-that-99822 DD AG Thus the plan, the United States of America ought to reduce intellectual property protections for insulin.The plan would be implemented through the Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act – precedent makes it normal meansScott 18 Dylan Scott ~grew up in Ohio, lived in Las Vegas for a year and moved to Washington in 2011. I cover health care and other domestic policy.~, 12-20-2018, "Elizabeth Warren's ambitious new bill to lower generic drug prices, explained," Vox, https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/20/18146993/elizabeth-warren-2020-election-drug-prices-bill DD AG IP stands in the way of innovative, biohacked insulin that solves diabetes and is cheaper than existing medicines – only the plan allow for a new wave of biohacked innovation – turns the innovation DAPeccoud et al 18 Jenna E. Gallegos ~~,1 Christopher Boyer,2 Eleanore Pauwels,3 Warren A. Kaplan,4 and Jean Peccoud ~Prof. Jean Peccoud joined the department in January 2016 as the Abell chair in synthetic biology~1,*, December 18, "The Open Insulin Project: A Case Study for 'Biohacked' Medicines"", Trends in Biotechnology Vol 36 No. 12, https://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/pdf/S0167-7799(18)30200-2.pdf DD AG FrameworkThe standard is decreasing structural inequalitiesPrefer:1~ Prioritize structural impacts – worst-case scenario predictions are based on threat exaggeration – distorts rational decision-making and justify preemptive warfareMueller and Stewart '11 ~John, Woody Hayes National Security Studies and Professor of Political Science @ Ohio State University, Mark, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability at the University of Newcastle in Australia, "Terror, Security, and Money", page numbers below~ 2~ Predictions of rare events like extinction is next to impossible – prefer empirically verified events to improbable predictive analytics.a~ The future is unpredictable – the best way to preserve future value is to do good things nowKarnofsky 14 - Executive Director of the Open Philanthropy Project degree in Social Studies from Harvard University (Holden Karnofsky, 7/3/14, "The Moral Value of the Far Future" https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/moral-value-far-future) b~ The world is complex – linear predictions are incoherentGlover 12 (7/21/12, Robert W. Glover is the CLAS Honors Preceptor in Political Science at the University of Maine. "Compatibility or Incommensurability: IR Theory and Complex Systems Analysis" http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/21/compatibility-or-incommensurability-ir-theory-and-complex-systems-analysis/~~#_ftn1) c~ You can't predict black swan eventsChadefaux 17 ~Thomas Chadefaux (Department of Political Science, Trinity University); 20 February 2017; Data Science Journal; "Conflict forecasting and its limits"; https://content.iospress.com/articles/data-science/ds002 BWSWJ~ 3~ Extinction is inevitable – that non uqs magnitude weighing and means we ought to prefer more probable impacts that happen soonerMonzon 20 Inigo Monzon ~International Business TImes~, 1-20-2020, "Mass Extinction After Asteroid Strike On Earth Is Inevitable, Scientists Reveal," International Business Times, https://www.ibtimes.com/mass-extinction-after-asteroid-strike-earth-inevitable-scientists-reveal-2905584 DD AG 4~ Actor specificity – it is the moral obligation of the United States government to help its citizens, especially those who suffer the most from disease and poverty. There is no unique obligation for the US to prevent extinction that may or may not occur thousands of years in the future – fill in by other countries solves that and proves structural violence has to come prior5~ Default to probability – any other model of risk calculus collapses in on itselfKessler 08 (Oliver; April 2008; PhD in IR, professor of sociology at the University of Bielefeld, and professor of history and theory of IR at the Faculty of Arts; Alternatives, Vol. 33, "From Insecurity to Uncertainty: Risk and the Paradox of Security Politics" p. 211-232) 6~ Reject "1 risk of extinction"– it collapses all policymakingMeskill 09 (David, professor at Colorado School of Mines and PhD from Harvard, "The "One Percent Doctrine" and Environmental Faith," Dec 9, http://davidmeskill.blogspot.com/2009/12/one-percent-doctrine-and-environmental.html) 7~ The impact to securitization is and un-ending cycle of violence – reject fearmongeringKessler 2008 (Oliver Kessler, Sociology at University of Bielefeld, "From Insecurity to Uncertainty: Risk and the Paradox of Security Politics" Alternatives 33 (2008), 211-232 accesed 7/18/13 DG) | 9/20/21 |
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