White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the United States Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will encourage people to take the new COVID-19 vaccine. .“So certainly they said that they would have an updated vaccine, a new vaccine, September, mid-September, I believe,” said Jean-Pierre at a Monday press conference. .“As you all know, vaccination against COVID-19 remains the safest protection for hospitalization, long-term health outcomes, and death, which is why we are going to be encouraging Americans to stay up to date.” .Jean-Pierre made these comments after a reporter said Biden intended to recommend everyone take the new COVID-19 vaccine. .“When is he going to decide finally?” said the reporter. .American author Ron Bassilian said people should pay attention to Biden’s recommendation. .“When the president encourages, everyone else mandates,” said Bassilian. .Florida Republicans Vice Chair Evan Power said he did not want another booster. .“No no no no,” said Power. .Public statements, emails, and documents revealed in September Biden and other senior officials in his administration violated the First Amendment by directing social media platforms to censor viewpoints going against their COVID-19 response. .READ MORE: Biden ordered social media to censor views conflicting his COVID-19 messaging.“This sort of censorship, which strikes at the heart of what the First Amendment to the US Constitution was designed to protect — free speech, especially political speech — constitutes unlawful government action,” said the New Civil Liberties Alliance. .“The federal government is deciding whose voices and ideas may be heard and whose voices and ideas must be silenced.”
