National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins said the United States should adopt more COVID-19 vaccine mandates and said he supports private entities requiring the shots. Collins, when asked about mandates during a Sunday interview, said that “I think we ought to use every public health tool we can when people are dying.” “Well, that’s [an] obviously hot topic for me as a nonpolitical person, as a physician, as a scientist,” Collins told ABC News’ “This Week.” “The compelling case for vaccines for everybody is right there in front of you. Just look at the data. Certainly, I celebrate when I see businesses decide that they’re going to mandate that for their employees.” His remarks come in the backdrop of large corporations and New York City imposing more stringent vaccine requirements in recent days. President Joe Biden, too, last month said that employees who are not vaccinated either must …