Mark Small

Stats for people who are non-white and poor reveal an apparent secret to Dr. Chuck and other candidates for the GOP nomination for INCD5: it sucks to be non-white and poor in the USA. 7/15

For example, The Institute of Medicine compared USA to “16 of the most fairly comparable, high-income countries.” We come in last for infant mortality. Kids die because their parents lack access to health care. 8/15

Dr Chuck & I participate in a virtual town hall tonight sponsored by the Noblesville, Carmel and Westfield GOP clubs. Dr Chuck has not addressed statistics for health care and the success of “socialized medicine” - or, as the rest of the World calls it, “health care.” 9/15

Dr. Chuck either has to pull a big rabbit out of a multi-ethnic/racial hat, or be candid Our health care system kills the poor and non-white. As of 4/23/20, mortality rates for COVID-19 per 100,000 were 25.5 for black people, 10.6 for Latino people and 9.4 for white people. 10/15

One group largely omitted from stats for COVID-19 consists of indigenous peoples. (The Guardian, 4/24/20). Not to tally up numbers does not = pandemic goes away, any more than eating foods w/o calory labels = you don’t get fat. 11/15

And Dr. Chuck & the rest of my opponents in the INCD5 GOP primary appear to support trump as having been peachy-keen in handling the pandemic. As a health care professional, Dr. Chuck should be ashamed for this and his other health care policy positions. 12/15

Full disclosure: I’m white, but unlike Dr. Chuck & the others, I advocate programs that rely upon traditional values - equality under the law, progressive income taxes, restoration of estate taxes, protection of women’s rights, and clean water and air. 13/15

I look forward to working with President Joe Biden. We should reach across the aisle and work together to solve our problems. Besides, the loser (by 3 million votes in 2016) in the Oval Office looks to be going down. 14/15