THW make vaccines mandatory

My opponent has chosen to ignore logic. I have logically shown that herd immunity is an illogical concept, regardless of which direction that you look at it. He has denied that the term "herd immunity" is inappropriate to humans, yet, I have clearly demonstrated that humans are not herd animals. Yet, he persists that he is right, simply by saying that it is so, Actually, I did provide logical reasoning: herd immunity has NOTHING to do with humans being herd animals. Instead, it has to do with reducing the likelihood of someone getting into contact with unvaccinated people. PERIOD. It doesn't require people to be herd animals; it just requires people to come into contact with eachother. My opponent's logic, as far as I understand it, goes like this: P1. Herd immunity has the word "herd" in it. P2. Anything with the word "herd" in it has to do with herd animals P3. People aren't herd animals C. Herd immunity is false. I propose a counter logic: P1. If you have a lower likelihood of coming into contact with unvaccinated people, then you would be less likely to be infected yourself regardless of whether or not you yourself were vaccinated. P2. Increased vaccination reduces the likelihood of you coming into contact with unvaccinated people. C. Increased vaccination makes you less likely to be infected, regardless of whether you are vaccinated yourself. The above sounds like sound logic, right? And it demonstrates how herd immunity works regardless of whether humans are herd animals. Whether or not humans are herd animals does not matter; instead, what matters is whether humans come into contact with eachother, and humans do come into contact with eachother. I have explained the above to my opponent in my previous round, but it appears as if he has ignored sound logic in an attempt to push forward an agenda. Numerous medical journals agree that herd immunity is real. The Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases said rates of influenza in non-vaccinated children dropped as other children were vaccinated; this shows that herd immunity works. The same study also showed that the same happened with the Pertussis vaccine introduced in the 1940s. [9] The Journal of Infectious Diseases said that “impressive examples of indirect protection have been observed after the introduction of conjugate vaccines against pneumococcal and Haemophilus infections.”[10] Unfortunately, the Journal of Infectious Diseases has been quote mined by alternative medicine practitioners as evidence against herd immunity; the quote mined passage actually meant that herd immunity is not a physical immunity to a virus or bacteria, but rather a phenomenon caused by people coming into contact less with unvaccinated people. People who are vaccinated can be carriers. Thus, my opponents statement is false. The article you cited talked about whooping cough. People who are vaccinated are less likely to get an infection and therefore become carriers in the first place, and in the rare case one does become an asymptomatic carrier, one is still less likely to spread the disease to others than symptomatic carriers—coughs, sneezes, and other symptoms of many diseases are what helps them spread. In addition, people who are vaccinated don’t stay sick for as long as their unvaccinated counterparts, so they stay as carriers for a shorter period of time. [1] Since vaccinated people are less likely to spread the whooping cough than those who have never been vaccinated, herd immunity still stands. he Australian Aborigines are living examples of the Palaeolithic people. Why search back 30,000 years in the past when living examples are available. When Captain Cook first arrived in Australia he thought that all the aborigines were wearing false teeth, because their teeth were all shiny white and they had no missing teeth. This was in contrast to the sickly looking Europeans, who had half their teeth missing and had yellow discolouration of their teeth. The Australian aborigines had a natural diet which didn"t include much grain food. The aborigines never got sick and disease was unknown to them before the Europeans arrived. The Europeans introduced the aborigines to Western style food such as sugar, alcohol, grain flour and dairy foods. The previously healthy aborigines, who never ever got sick, suddenly became very sick after eating the western food. Before European contact, Australian Aborigines had a traditional system of healing, and had to deal with eye infections, skin infections, headaches, fevers, colds, warts, ulcers, and digestive problems.[2][3][5] In addition, yams and “grass potatoes” were some of the many dietary staples of Australian Aborigines before European contact. [4][5] There is also evidence that the Australian Aborigines ate bean and the seeds of wild plants. [4][5] From the above, we can see that neither of my opponent’s so-called facts, that the Aborigines ate no grains, and that they had no illnesses, were true. As such, my opponent’s argument was based on invalid premises, and therefore his conclusion is unsound. Mainstream medicine has the funding of the pharmaceutical industry to support its claims. The medical and pharmaceutical industry is a multibillion dollar industry which is built on the foundations of germ theory. Thus, they are not about to spill the beans on germ theory and will devise all manner of devious spurious scientific research to support their claims. It is up to the millions of natural health practitioners around the world to fight against this tranny of deception. Conspiracy theories are not reliable sources of evidence, as they are mainly speculation; my opponent cannot provide any sound evidence backing his claims, as they are unfalsifiable. Germ theory is a well established scientific theory which all credible scientists can attest to. “Big Pharma” is legally obligated to test their products for efficacy, while the multi-billion dollar alternative health industry is not as stringently regulated, and has no legal obligation—or any financial incentives for that matter—to test their products at all. Additionally, the alternative health industry has been caught adulterating some of their products with allopathic, or actually real, drugs; this shows that they themselves might not believe in the efficacy of their “drugs” at all. [6] This is a very hollow statement. He is accusing alternate medical practitioners of making money out of leaky gut syndrome. I am sure that mainstream medicine makes a thousand dollars to every one dollar that naturopathic doctors would make on this issue. Leaky gut syndrome is a very contentious issue for the medical system. If proven to be correct it could mean the closing down of a multibillion dollar industry. Thus, they have a lot to lose and will do whatever it takes to dismantle any alternative medical theories. The alternative health industry makes 60 billion dollars every year, or 1/5 of “Big Pharma”; as such, it is a multibillion dollar industry with its own conflicts of interest.[6] I think that you're right in that the truth about leaky gut syndrome would shut down a multibillion dollar industry; what I disagree with, however, is the claim that said industry would be the Big Pharma industry, since the alternative medicine industry is what should be shut down. Very little evidence that intestinal permeability, as the scientists call it, causes any significant problems exists.[7] The Ebola virus could have a number of sources. First, it should be noted that the area concerned has no electricity supply, so refrigeration of food is not possible. There is no sanitation, sewerage systems, no refrigerated trucks to transport food and no radio or TV. These people are living in primitive conditions similar the early European cities when the great plagues occurred. Pesticides are being over used to keep up with population growth. Profiteers are pouring formaldehyde down wells. The place is a complete mess. Please explain how a health care worker caring for an ebola patient who went to the United States got infected with ebola. The health care worker had access to electricity, clean food, and sanitation; in addition, they most likely did not come into contact with formaldehyde.[8] There are places with poor living conditions everywhere; why was it that only west Africa was affected by ebola? Conclusion Throughout the debate, my opponent has relied on sources promoting alternative “medicine” to prove his points, neglecting to see that those sources were unreliable. They have completely misunderstood herd immunity, by thinking that it only applied to herd animals even though that’s not what herd immunity is all about; herd immunity works as long as people come into contact with eachother. As the overwhelming scientific concensus is that vaccination works and is safe, I urge you to vote for me. [1]http://www.skepticalraptor.com... [2]http://www.aboriginalartonline.com... [3]http://www.friendsofglenthorne.org.au... [4]http://www.nt.gov.au... [5]http://www.westonaprice.org... [6]http://rationalwiki.org... [7]http://www.nhs.uk... [8]http://www.independent.co.uk... [9]http://www.tandfonline.com... [10]http://cid.oxfordjournals.org...