How Did It Come to This? Why Biden Is Mandating COVID Vaccines 

WASHINGTON - Just over two months ago, on Independence Day, President Joe Biden declared that the United States was "closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus."  South Dakota will stand up to defend freedom. @JoeBiden see you in court.

Vaccines had driven down the average daily death toll from COVID-19 from more than 3,400 at the start of the year to around 400 in early July.   It didn't last.   On Thursday, with about 1,500 Americans dying of COVID-19 each day, according to ourworldindata.org, Biden announced new measures aimed at beating back the virus again.