2nd Speaker

Good morning, respected adjudicators, my ever meticulous time keepers, my worthy opponents
who are hanging on the loose end of a rope, teachers and fellow members of the floor. Today's
motion clearly states that this house believes that mandating vaccinations for all children,
regardless of the religious, cultural or personal beliefs of the child or his/her parents should be
allowed.

My first speaker has successfully shown you that ______________________________. I will

further strengthen my team's point by pointing out how not mandating vaccinations for all children,
regardless of the religious, cultural or personal beliefs of the child or his/her parents would give
negative effects. My third speaker would then, clear all the misguided air my fellow opposition has
created.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Before I proceed, let me rebut the first speaker from the opposition. The first speaker claimed
_________________________. However, we believe that ___________________________.
My first point will show you that ________________________________. A great number of
major medical organisations state that vaccines are safe. This is a big proof that safety is secured
when vaccinations are given. They have stated that getting vaccination is not harmful to body
system & does not affect negatively. These organisations include: CDC, Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Institute of Medicine (IOM), American Medical Association (AMA), American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), UNICEF, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
World Health Organisation (WHO), Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Paediatric Society,
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), and American Academy of Family Physicians
(AAFP). The WHO states, "Vaccines are very safe." The US Department of Health and Human
Services states, "Vaccines are some of the safest medical products available." All 50 states require
vaccinations for children entering public schools even though no mandatory federal vaccination
laws exist. Between 1989 and July 1, 2014, 3,645 compensation awards have been made by the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) (amounting to over $2.7 billion in awards
and $113.2 million to cover legal costs) and 9,786 claims have been dismissed (amounting to
$62.8 million paid to 4,925 dismissed claimants to cover legal costs). 6. The Centres for Disease
Control (CDC) estimated that 732,000 American children were saved from death and 322 million
cases of childhood illnesses were prevented between 1994 and 2014 due to vaccination. In 1855
Massachusetts passed the first US state law mandating vaccinations for schoolchildren, followed
by New York (1862), Connecticut (1872), Indiana (1881), and Arkansas (1882). Adverse reactions
to vaccines are extremely rare. The most common side effect of vaccines, anaphylaxis (a severe
allergic reaction), occurs in one per several hundred thousand to one per million vaccinations. It is
better to risk getting vaccines rather than risking to die from a particular disease. Prevention is
better than cure. Even so there were side effects, they are very minor and not too critical.
According to Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN and practicing neurosurgeon,

"you are 100 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to have a serious allergic reaction to
the vaccine that protects you against measles." This is how little the side effect of a vaccine is.
Ellen Clayton, MD, JD, Professor of Pediatrics and Law at Vanderbilt Law School and co-author of
the 2011 IOM report "Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines," summarized the results
of the report: "The MMR vaccine does not cause autism The MMR and DTaP do not cause Type
1 diabetes. And the killed flu vaccine does not cause Bells palsy, and it does not trigger episodes
of asthma." Combination vaccines, like MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella), have been used
without adverse effects since the mid-1940s.

My second point will open your mind on _______________. Vaccines protect the "herd."
Herd immunity (or community immunity) means that when a "critical portion" (the percent of people
who need to be vaccinated to provide herd immunity) of a population is vaccinated against a
contagious disease it is unlikely that an outbreak of the disease will occur so most members of the
community will be protected. Children and adults who cannot be vaccinated due to age, poor health
(who are immune-compromised or undergoing chemotherapy, for example), or other reasons rely
on herd immunity to prevent contraction of vaccine-preventable diseases. Very hopeful and helpful
for those unfortunate ones that cannot be immune-compromised. On Jan. 2008 outbreak of
measles in San Diego, CA resulted in 48 children who had to be quarantined because they were
too young to be vaccinated and could not rely on herd immunity to keep them safe. In 2011, 49 US
states did not meet the 92-94% herd immunity threshold for pertussis (whooping cough), resulting
in a 2012 outbreak that sickened 42,000 people and was the biggest outbreak since 1955. In 2005,
an 18-month-old Amish girl contracted polio and spread the disease to four other unvaccinated
children, but, because the community met the herd immunity threshold for the disease, there was
no polio outbreak. Vaccines save children and their parents time and money.
Vaccines cost less in time and money to obtain than infectious diseases cost in time off of work to
care for a sick child, potential long-term disability care, and medical costs. Also, it prevents mental
and physical suffering that one may go through. Children under five with the flu are contagious for
about eight days, and, according to a 2012 CDC study, cost their parents an average of 11 to 73
hours of wages (about $222 to $1,456) and $300 to $4,000 in medical expenses. Children with
rotavirus are contagious for up to 30 days.
A Jan. 2008 outbreak of measles in San Diego, CA resulted in 11 unvaccinated children catching
measles and a resulting net public-sector cost of $10,376 per case (or, $123,512 total) due to
emergency vaccination and outbreak response. Furthermore, under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or Obamacare) many vaccines are available to children and adults
without copay.
Having all that said, I as the second speaker from the proposition strongly agree to today's motion.
I reinstate, hat this house believes that mandating vaccinations for all children, regardless of the
religious, cultural or personal beliefs of the child or his/her parents should be allowed. This house,
propose/oppose.

Thank you.