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Pence calls concerns about coronavirus spike ‘overblown’ as cases surge in a dozen states

June 16, 2020 at 11:39 p.m. EDT
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Vice President Pence blamed the media for stoking concerns about a second wave of the novel coronavirus, calling fears of a spike “overblown” in an op-ed published Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal. Pence, who leads the White House coronavirus task force, wrote that more than half of the states have reported a decline or plateau in cases.  
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