{"id":52735,"date":"2020-04-28T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T15:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/28\/va-dismisses-concerns-about-oregon-facilitys-coronavirus-dance-party-cases-rise-to-over-7000\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:40:03","slug":"va-dismisses-concerns-about-oregon-facilitys-coronavirus-dance-party-cases-rise-to-over-7000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2020\/04\/28\/va-dismisses-concerns-about-oregon-facilitys-coronavirus-dance-party-cases-rise-to-over-7000\/","title":{"rendered":"VA dismisses concerns about Oregon facility\u2019s coronavirus dance party, cases rise to over 7,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials dismissed concerns about a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank>coronavirus<\/a> dance party among leadership at an Oregon medical center even as the number of cases among patients and staff in the health care system continues to climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event, made public by local Oregon media over the weekend, included at least 16 staff and raised concerns among some employees at the Roseburg VA Health Care System that local leaders were not taking social distancing recommendations seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI understand this is a rural county and it\u2019s not spreading fast, but this is how it spreads,\u201d one VA employee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/coronavirus\/2020\/04\/roseburg-va-director-leads-coronavirus-dance-party-without-social-distancing-face-masks.html\" target=\"_blank\">told the Oregonian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video of the event was posted on the hospital\u2019s internal network and featured local director Keith Allen. National VA public affairs officials referred all questions on possible discipline to the Oregon hospital. In a statement, Roseburg public affairs officer Tim Parish downplayed the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis video was made in an administrative, non-clinical area where (personal protective equipment) is not required,\u201d he said. \u201cAll staff who participated were volunteers and had been properly screened, per Centers for Disease Control and VA guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/17\/va-pledges-more-masks-for-medical-staff-who-were-rationing-supplies\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20083465821430.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA pledges more masks for medical staff who were rationing supplies<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Some medical center employees had been receiving only one mask a week to protect against infection.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVA realizes the importance of social distancing during this national emergency and will reiterate that to all employees involved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Roseburg medical center has already reported three cases of coronavirus among patients and four among staff. Nationwide, at least 20 VA employees have died, 14 of whom were in non-clinical roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost 2,000 VA staffers across dozens of VA medical sites have tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of positive cases among patients under VA care rose to 7,342 on Tuesday, up more than 2,000 cases in just the last 10 days. That\u2019s about 8 percent of all VA patients tested for the fast-spreading virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationally, almost 1 million Americans have tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/22\/irs-backtracks-on-coronavirus-checks-deadline-but-warns-veterans-must-act-quickly\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">IRS backtracks on coronavirus checks deadline, but warns veterans must act quickly<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far 457 VA patients have died from complications related to the illness. That\u2019s an increase of more than 20 since Monday morning. On April 4, that number was under 100. At least 75 sites have seen at least one death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The death rate among VA patients who have contracted the virus is more than 6 percent, a figure that has risen as high as 6.5 percent over the last few weeks. In early April, fewer than 4 percent of patients battling the illness eventually died from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationally, the rate of death among all patients who test positive for coronavirus has risen to more than 5.5 percent. That level was also about 4 percent in early April, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the VA patient population being tested and treated for coronavirus may be more vulnerable to the illness because it is significantly older and less healthy than the American population as a whole. 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