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  • This house regrets the prevalence of prenatal testing for genetic disorders (i.e. chromosomal abnormalities like down syndrome)

    Infoslide

    Prenatal testing is a common procedure done to test a child’s overall health. One type of prenatal test screens a baby’s risk for chromosomal abnormalities (i.e. genetic conditions such as Down Syndrome, Tay-Sachs syndrome, etc.). The blood tests used to screen these chromosomal abnormalities simply assess risk and are not always accurate.

    Bicol Intervarsity · Open Semis · 2021-02-26

  • This house would provide all college students with access to Smart Drugs

    Infoslide

    “Smart Drugs” are pharmaceuticals meant to treat disorders like ADHD narcolepsy and Alzheimer’s. Smart Drugs when used help individuals stay focused and alert for longer periods of time.

    IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate 2021 · 5 · 2021-02-25

  • Under COVID-19 circumstances this house prefers that non-elected medical experts pass policies regarding its containment (e.g. lockdowns compulsory vaccinations) over elected politicians

    KK-Cup 2021 · 4 · 2021-02-20

  • Assuming the technology is developed completely, this house would allow the use of gene editing technologies in developing embryos during early pregnancy

    Infoslide

    Gene editing technologies (e.g. CRISPR-Cas9) are used to insert, delete, modify or replace a genome in a living organism, usually in the somatic cells (any cell except the sperm and egg). The technology is usually applied in adults but a controversial research in 2018 involved the use of the technology in the embryo of a pair of twins.

    Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship · 4 · 2021-02-13

  • This house as US W skip phase 3 trial of COVID-19 vaccines and offer to distribute it to other countries

    Infoslide

    Phase 3 trial is a prerequisite step that company takes to confirm the safety of a vaccine. The steps includes giving vaccine to thousands of people in a limited environment. On Aug. 11 Russian President Vladimir V. Putin announced that a Russian health care regulator had approved a Coronavirus vaccine named Sputnik V before Phase 3 trials had even begun. Vaccine experts decried the move as risky yet many countries have declare interest to buy or receive the vaccine as aid from Russia thereby increasing the perception in many countries that Russia is a saviour in the global stage

    Argumentum Asians 2020 · 5 · 2021-02-02

  • This house believes that keeping the ingredients of Liquid Lust as a trade secret is a superior business strategy to patenting it.

    Infoslide

    You are the founder of a large international pharmaceutical company. You have created a special aphrodisiac named 'Liquid Lust.' It turns people on in any context and guarantees orgasm when consumed before sexual activity. Anticipation of product launch has massively driven up your company's stock price. Competitors Johnson&Johnson and Pfizer are eager to develop something similar and are desperate to learn the formula. While you have harnessed company resources and the efforts of several departments to create Liquid Lust, you are the only one who knows all the ingredients. The crucial active ingredient of Liquid Lust is human breastmilk.

    UNSW IV Online · 1 · 2021-01-16

  • This house, as a developing country, would implement BioBonds to fund medical research

    Infoslide

    Bio Bonds are a new tool of financing medical research used to harness billions in institutional capital. The bio bond market is traded privately with the backing of a limited guarantee from the government. Bio Bonds are currently being looked into as a way to fund niche fields of medical research like curing blindness.

    Wolce Pro Ams · Open Semis · 2021-01-16

  • This house supports the use of human challenge trials (HCTs) in the development of COVID-19 vaccines.

    Infoslide

    HCTs are trials that intentionally introduce an infectious disease organism to participants. In effect, expediting the usual vaccine development process, which normally requires a large group of people to be exposed to the disease naturally and may take over several years or decades to be completed. The demand for a COVID-19 vaccine has prompted vaccine developers to consider HCTs despite the lack of rescue treatments should any participant get sick.

    Debatable Open · 3 · 2021-01-09

  • This house deplores the narrative that the process of overcoming serious illnesses (like cancer) is a 'struggle'.

    Январский Турнир 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-01-01

  • This house rejects the medical orthodoxy that resource optimisation should be determined by who lives and who dies

    Infoslide

    1. The three wise men protocol refers to a scenario where in the event that public medical utilities are stretched thin, a panel of senior consultants in each hospital or health facility are empowered with the task of determining who gets care and to what extent resources are to be spent on a patient. 2. Computer algorithms have recently been developed that can accurately predict when terminally ill patients are likely to die. It has been proposed that such software be used to determine scarce hospital resource allocation.

    Xtension IV · 3 · 2021-01-01

  • This house regrets the rising trend of parents genetically testing their fetuses to determine the presence genetic 'anomalies' (e.g. cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, Down Syndrome, excess chromosomes etc.) and ensure a 'normal' child is born

    The Halycon Debates · 1 · 2020-12-19

  • This house believes that Media should not publicize failed clinical trial-related information (example but not limited to died volunteer of Covid-19 Vaccine trial)

    UNESA Debate Open for Newbies 2020 · 4 · 2020-11-27