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INTRODUCTION: IMAGINE THIS: A NEW, SUPPOSEDLY DEADLEY, VIRUS IS SPAWNED ALL OVER THE NATION. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO STOPPING IT UNTIL SCIENTISTS GENERATE AN IMMUNIZATION. RUNNING ON PURE FEAR, THE GOVERNMENT EXACTS COMPULSORY IMMUNIZATIONS. WHEN THE WHOLE OF THE POPULATION RECIEVES THIS, THEY START TO DROP OFF LIKE FLIES. THE VACCINE HAD AN UNEXPECTED RESULT THAT TRIGGERED AN ALARMING REACTION THAT KILLED 10,000 PEOPLE. OF COURSE THE GOVERNMENT IS BLAMED FOR THE PHENOMENON. TODAY I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT OF RESPECT A PERSON DESERVES AND THAT BY LEGALIZING COMPULSORY IMMUNIZATIONS WE ARE DESTROYING SAID RESPECT. WITH THIS IN MIND I URGE A VOTE IN NEGATION OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION: RESOLVED: PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS JUSTIFY COMPULSORY IMMUNIZATIONS. DEFINATIONS: NOW TO PREVENT THE CASE FROM HEADING TO DEFINITIONAL DEBATE, I OFFER THE FOLLOWING DEFINATIONS FROM WEBSTER'S NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY: PUBLIC: OF, RELATING TO, OR AFFECTING ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF AN AREA HEALTH: GENERAL CONDITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS: WORRY OR A CAUSE OF WORRY JUSTIFY: TO SHOW A SUFFICIENT LAWFUL REASON FOR AN ACT DONE COMPULSORY: REQUIRED BY AUTHORITY OR LAW IMMUNIZATIONS: A SUBSTANCE, ESPECIALLY A VACCINE, THAT WOULD CAUSE ONE TO BE IMMUNE VALUE/CRITERION Today, I offer the value of liberty, defined as a concept of political philosophy that identifies the condition in which an individual has the right to act according to his or her own will. "Health is the first of all liberties."- Henri Frederic Amiel. This is a vital part of our lives because without liberty we are completely controlled by our government. To uphold this I offer the criterion of the reduction of Foucalt's biopower. Biopower is defined as the regulation of subjects through "an explosion of numerous and diverse techniques for achieving the subjugations of bodies and the control of populations." This simply means the control the government has over our body and the general population. This must be reduced in order to achieve liberty because if the government controls what we do with our own body, then we can't act in our own will and we eventually become puppets of the government. This Is unfair. By making immunizations compulsory, we are giving up our liberty by making it possible for the government act is what they think is our will. Contention 1: Immunizations today cause adverse side effects. According to MEDICAL.NET, many of today's vaccines cause adverse, or unfavorable, side effects that directly jeopardize one's health. The point of taking these immunizations is to prevent diseases or illnesses but more and more of these vaccines are just causing diseases such as common side effects that merely cause one to be uncomfortable to more serious effects such as diabetes, autism, and major allergic reactions. A.) Immunizations cause side effects that some would find unfavorable. Some side effects from vaccines are relatively minor and do not last long. For example DTaP/IPV vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and inactivated polio can in about five in ten people result in swelling and redness where the injection took place. Some times there can be a slightly raised temperature, sickness, tiredness and headache And sometimes swollen glands and a sometimes severe swelling of the upper arm. Most of these are, like I stated, minor but any side effect to an individual from compulsory immunizations is to much. Therefore, these immunizations should be taken only on a consensual basis. B.) Certain side effects directly related to these immunizations are deadly or life changing. Such reported side effects were complications like seizures, encephalitis, autoimmune reactions, bleeding disorders, and neurological injuries. Often, there are severe allergic reactions because of how the vaccines are grown, inside of eggs. This causes, in some cases death. The influenza vaccine, the one we take every year, can cause many of the side effects listed in sub-point A. But there are a reported 9000 cases since the 1930's of paralysis. Yes the vaccine we take all the time can paralyze and even cause death. Contention 2: Religious and philosophical exemptions stop compulsory immunizations from being fair. Within the United States allowances are made for different religions views towards vaccinations. This has meant that many parents who claim to have deeply held religious convictions are not having their children vaccinated. There are twenty eight states, such as Florida and New York, that allow parents to opt out on the basis of religious grounds while a further twenty, such as California and Texas, allow philosophical and personal reasons as well as religious reasons and Mississippi and West Virginia allow exemptions for medical reasons only. If there is an religious (or philosophical etc) exception for one group then that also has to be extended to other groups as well in order for there not to be discrimination. Since 1983 there have been a series of decision by Federal District and Appellate Courts which have clearly established that children can be exempted from vaccination based upon the personal religious beliefs of their parents. James Filenbaum "The first amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from discriminating between people based on their religious beliefs. If there is any state law which allows for exemption based on religious beliefs, it is available to all those people who hold religious beliefs against immunization even if their beliefs are personal and unique to them alone... We have been able to convince the court that a whole body of law which prohibits religious discrimination applies to those who have personal religious beliefs against immunization." Conclusion: "Every human being is the author of his own health or disease."-Buddha. Enacting compulsory immunizations directly disregards our personal liberty because. It gives the government control over our being. These immunizations can either destroy, end , or change an individual's life and it is not fair due to religious beliefs. There is not a logical reason for compulsory immunizations to be enacted. It is for these reasons I urge a vote in negation of the resolution.