Josh Vance was working in West Texas for the Texas Department of Health earlier this year when he saw the posting for an epidemiologist needed in Pitkin County.
The COVID-19 pandemic was still in the early stages and the 30-year-old California native said he wanted to be able to help out. Plus, there the lifestyle advantages of the Roaring Fork Valley over Midland, Texas, were appealing.
“I love it (here),” Vance said in an interview earlier this week. “It’s the opportunity of a lifetime to be able to live and work and play in this part of the country. It’s certainly different than living in Texas.”
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“Targeted and universal testing” helped to identify and contain a COVID-19 outbreak linked to the Sundeck and Aspen Mountain Club last week, according to a report from Josh Vance, an epidemiologist who works with Pitkin County’s COVID-19 response team.
As of Sunday morning, 17 positive cases were confirmed among 72 employees who were tested for COVID-19.
Pitkin County Public Health initiated widespread testing at the two eateries managed by The Little Nell, which is part of Aspen Skiing Co., as a proactive measure last week after two employees independently sought testing and confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in the two weeks prior, according to a news release from The Little Nell on Sunday evening.
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Not only did members of the Pitkin County Board of Health decide not to move into Red level restrictions Thursday, they voted to increase the maximum number of people allowed at private, informal gatherings in the county from five to 10.
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