The United States federal government, through congress, should substantially increase funding for the centers for disease control global disease protection program to enable the expansion of global disease detection centers in topically designated areas.
1ac w/ cites
FIRST – DISEASE SURVEILLANCE IS FAILING IN AFRICA – POLICIES AND FUNDING ARE INADEQUATE
ZINSSTAG ET AL 2007 (“human benefits of animal interventions for zoonosis control”, US national center for infectious diseases, apr 1)
“the spread of highly pathogenic…communication programs”
AND AFRICA IS WHERE THE NEXT OUTBREAK WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR – COMLPLEX ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD
SHEARS 00 (“emerging and reemerging infections in Africa: the need for improved laboratory services and disease surveillance” center for tropical medical microbiology at Liverpool school of tropical medicine)
“the realization during…recent detailed studies”
adv. 1- emerging diseases
NEW DISEASE STRANDS ARE EMERGING BECAUSE OF INCREASED EXPOSURE TO ANIMALS CARRYING PATHOGENS – CURRENT SURVEILLANCE IS NOT ADEQUATE TO DETECT THESE STRANDS UNTIL AFTER THE INITIAL OUTBREAK OCCURS
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 4/16/06 (“emerging & re-emerging infectious diseases introduction and goals”)
“despite remarkable advances…animal to human hosts”
AND EMERGING AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES HAVE KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN FAMINE, WAR, ACCIDENTS, OR CRIME
STEFANSSON 2003 (halldor, “infectious diseases and bioweapons: science and the political economics of affliction”, nature)
“microorganisms – parasites…accidents or crime”
DISEASE MONITORING IN SSA IS KEY TO STEMMING DISEASE SPREAD WORLDWIDE
US DEPT OF STATE 07 (Cheryl pellerinus info, “Africa: old and new emerging diseases threaten nations worldwide”)
“in the days before…help ourselves here”
INDEPENDENTLY, SURVEILLANCE IN SSA IS INSUFFICIENT TO CONTAIN THE BIRD FLU – SSA IS A CRITICAL REGION TO PREVENT SPREAD AND MUTATION
SALAAM-BLYTHER 06 (tiaji, “us and international responses to the global spread of avian flu: issues for congress, fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/59025.pdf
“global disease surveillance…between humans”
ADDITIONALLY, RECENT MUTATIONS DETECTED IN THE AVIAN FLU VIRUS MAKE HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION PROBABLE
NEWS TARGET 07 (www.newstarget.com/021622.html)
“new research of the h5n1…could be catastrophic”
A BIRD FLUE PANDEMIC WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY MASS DEATH – IT POSES A GREATER THREAT THAN AIDS
ABC NEWS 5 (“avian flu: is the government ready for an epidemic?” sep 15)
“it could kill a billion…affecting human beings”
REACTION TO AN AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK WOULD CREATE A PERFECT STORM FOR THE WORST IMPACTS – CAUSES ECON DOWNFALL, STATE FAILURE, RIOTING, MASS DEATH
THE GUARDIAN 06 (guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,,1696021,00.html)
“avian flue has the potential…relations in Europe”
AND CDC KEY TO STIMULATING GROWTH OF DISEASE SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS AND CREATING NEW METHODS TO PREDICT DISEASE OUTBREAKS
DHHS 02 (cdc.gov/globalidplan/global_id_plan.pdf)
“stimulated in part by…in a given area”
ADDITIONALLY, CREATING MORE STRATEGICALLY PLACED GDD CENTERS IS VITAL TO DISEASE SURVEILLANCE – IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CHINA, THAILAND AND NICARAGUA
US DEPT OF STATE 07 (“global disease detection program key part of worldwide network: five centers will respond to outbreaks, monitor pathogens, offer training”
“when AIDS arose in animals…from country to country”
ADV 2 BIOTERRORISM
ACCESS TO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS IS EASIER AND MAKES TERRORIST ATTACKS MORE LIKELY. CONVENTIONAL ATTACKS TAKE LONG TIMES TO PLAN OUT WHILE A BIOLOGICAL ONE IS FAR SIMPLER
NJUGUNA 5 (james thuo, “eva
Round 3
vs Woodward
Judge: Eric Forslund
Plan Text
The United States federal government, through congress, should substantially increase funding for the centers for disease control global disease protection program to enable the expansion of global disease detection centers in topically designated areas.
1ac w/ cites
FIRST – DISEASE SURVEILLANCE IS FAILING IN AFRICA – POLICIES AND FUNDING ARE INADEQUATE
ZINSSTAG ET AL 2007 (“human benefits of animal interventions for zoonosis control”, US national center for infectious diseases, apr 1)
“the spread of highly pathogenic…communication programs”
AND AFRICA IS WHERE THE NEXT OUTBREAK WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR – COMLPLEX ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD
SHEARS 00 (“emerging and reemerging infections in Africa: the need for improved laboratory services and disease surveillance” center for tropical medical microbiology at Liverpool school of tropical medicine)
“the realization during…recent detailed studies”
adv. 1- emerging diseases
NEW DISEASE STRANDS ARE EMERGING BECAUSE OF INCREASED EXPOSURE TO ANIMALS CARRYING PATHOGENS – CURRENT SURVEILLANCE IS NOT ADEQUATE TO DETECT THESE STRANDS UNTIL AFTER THE INITIAL OUTBREAK OCCURS
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 4/16/06 (“emerging & re-emerging infectious diseases introduction and goals”)
“despite remarkable advances…animal to human hosts”
AND EMERGING AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES HAVE KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN FAMINE, WAR, ACCIDENTS, OR CRIME
STEFANSSON 2003 (halldor, “infectious diseases and bioweapons: science and the political economics of affliction”, nature)
“microorganisms – parasites…accidents or crime”
DISEASE MONITORING IN SSA IS KEY TO STEMMING DISEASE SPREAD WORLDWIDE
US DEPT OF STATE 07 (Cheryl pellerinus info, “Africa: old and new emerging diseases threaten nations worldwide”)
“in the days before…help ourselves here”
INDEPENDENTLY, SURVEILLANCE IN SSA IS INSUFFICIENT TO CONTAIN THE BIRD FLU – SSA IS A CRITICAL REGION TO PREVENT SPREAD AND MUTATION
SALAAM-BLYTHER 06 (tiaji, “us and international responses to the global spread of avian flu: issues for congress, fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/59025.pdf
“global disease surveillance…between humans”
ADDITIONALLY, RECENT MUTATIONS DETECTED IN THE AVIAN FLU VIRUS MAKE HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION PROBABLE
NEWS TARGET 07 (www.newstarget.com/021622.html)
“new research of the h5n1…could be catastrophic”
A BIRD FLUE PANDEMIC WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY MASS DEATH – IT POSES A GREATER THREAT THAN AIDS
ABC NEWS 5 (“avian flu: is the government ready for an epidemic?” sep 15)
“it could kill a billion…affecting human beings”
REACTION TO AN AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK WOULD CREATE A PERFECT STORM FOR THE WORST IMPACTS – CAUSES ECON DOWNFALL, STATE FAILURE, RIOTING, MASS DEATH
THE GUARDIAN 06 (guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,,1696021,00.html)
“avian flue has the potential…relations in Europe”
AND CDC KEY TO STIMULATING GROWTH OF DISEASE SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS AND CREATING NEW METHODS TO PREDICT DISEASE OUTBREAKS
DHHS 02 (cdc.gov/globalidplan/global_id_plan.pdf)
“stimulated in part by…in a given area”
ADDITIONALLY, CREATING MORE STRATEGICALLY PLACED GDD CENTERS IS VITAL TO DISEASE SURVEILLANCE – IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CHINA, THAILAND AND NICARAGUA
US DEPT OF STATE 07 (“global disease detection program key part of worldwide network: five centers will respond to outbreaks, monitor pathogens, offer training”
“when AIDS arose in animals…from country to country”
ADV 2 BIOTERRORISM
ACCESS TO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS IS EASIER AND MAKES TERRORIST ATTACKS MORE LIKELY. CONVENTIONAL ATTACKS TAKE LONG TIMES TO PLAN OUT WHILE A BIOLOGICAL ONE IS FAR SIMPLER
NJUGUNA 5 (james thuo, “eva