Mike Pence will reportedly control the information scientists and health officials release about the coronavirus

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• Vice President Mike Pence's office will coordinate all public messaging and appearances by government officials concerning the Wuhan coronavirus, The New York Times reported Thursday.
• Officials told The Times the new approach would help streamline the administration's public statements, which have crossed wires over the past several days. 
• Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was reportedly ordered by the White House to clear any statements he makes with the administration.
• Pence has a questionable history with public health and was accused of significantly exacerbating an HIV outbreak while he was governor of Indiana by ignoring official calls for a clean-needle exchange. 
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Vice President Mike Pence's office will coordinate all public messaging and appearances by government officials concerning the Wuhan coronavirus, The New York Times reported on Thursday. 

Officials familiar with the strategy told The Times that the new approach would help streamline the administration's public statements, some of which have been contradictory. The efforts will focus on getting officials on the same page for television appearances, The Times said. 

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