President Joe Biden doesn't seem put off by the prospect of legal challenges over his plans to impose vaccine mandates on federal workers, telling his critics: "Have at it."
Fears over the Delta variant could push the U.S. Defence Secretary to recommend that the Covid vaccine should be mandated for all 1.3 million active-duty troops. The final decision would lie with President Joe Biden.
Less than three months after Joe Biden told vaccinated Americans they had reached the "finish line" as far as mask-wearing was concerned, the CDC has instructed them to put their masks back on when indoors.
Joe Biden's administration has announced a new door-knocking campaign in which "outreach" teams will put on the pressure to "get Americans vaccinated" against Covid.
The Biden administration is not planning on imposing a vaccine mandate and will not keep track of those who have been vaccinated, but it will allow business, colleges and universities to demand proof of vaccination.
The CDC says that Americans can stop wearing face mask indoors. The loosening of restrictions comes, as always, with a range of snags – not least the fact that they only apply to those who are fully vaccinated.
Covid numbers continue to fall in Texas more than two weeks after the state lifted its mask mandate and fully reopened businesses, in a move that President Biden dismissed as "Neanderthal thinking".
