political crisis and pitted our communities against each other said bicettemccain while teaneck is very diverse romneyrice said vaccination centers were not reflecting the towns demographic all of them africanamerican the koreanamerican population child care workers polling showed that the emergence of the virus in 2020 exacerbated political polarization and has pushed americans further apart on key response efforts higher rates of diabetes hypertension certain types of cancers all of those things put you at increased risk of succumbing to covid19 if youre diagnosed with an infection said bicettemccain he christian sent me a text message um and he had uh told me that he cant breathe she said communication is not a onesizefitsall issue had our brother gotten vaccinated while some americans were able to work remotely during the pandemic bicettemccain said that not everyone had the luxury of doing their job from home more 1 million have died from covid in the us if the message is coming from someone who looks like you it makes it a little bit more relatable said bicettemccain more 1 million have died from covid in the us moving forward bicettemccain urges the us to acknowledge the past to ensure equity is a pillar of response efforts in the future