Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 2 | Opponent: Lexington BF | Judge: Samantha Mclaughlin
Interp – “medicines” treat or cure, whereas vaccines prevent – o/w on specificity since it’s about the COVID vaccine
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Let’s stick to the facts. The COVID-19 vaccines are not medicines, which by definition “treat or cure diseases.” Vaccines “help prevent diseases,” an important distinction. Why does this matter? Because data coming out of some of the world’s developed economies with high adult vaccination rates suggest that the vaccines are working as intended: tail-risks have been reduced, with hospitalizations and deaths falling relative to the recent spike in infections (which have been occurring primarily among the unvaccinated at this point). Put another way, vaccines are like a Kevlar vest for the immune system; while they don’t make you bulletproof, they dramatically increase the odds of surviving an adverse event.s
Violation – their advantage area is about vaccines which means either a. they solve nothing and vote neg on presumption because vaccines aren’t “COVID-19 medicines” or b. they violate
Negate –
1 Limits – expanding the topic to preventative treatment or medical interventions allows anything from surgery to medical devices to education strategies or mosquito repellent to prevent malaria. Destroys core generics like innovation which are exclusive to disease curing – core of the topic is about proprietary information.
Voters:
Drop the debater – they have a 7-6 rebuttal advantage and the 2ar to make args I can’t respond to,
Use competing interps reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention since we don’t know your bs meter,
No RVIs –illogical – you shouldn’t win for being fair – it’s a litmus test for engaging in substance,
Evaluate T before 1AR theory – norms – we only have a couple months to set T norms but can set 1AR theory norms anytime,