Collection Specialist for Aspen Covid Testing performs a test on co-owner Suzanna Lee in the center on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen Covid Testing co-owners Suzanna Lee and Isaac Flanagan stand in the lobby of their testing center in Aspen on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Dr. Jason Hicks takes a blood sample to test Isaac Flanagan for COVID-19 antibodies in the lab at Aspen Covid Testing on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
The Aspen Covid Testing lab team works to process COVID-19 tests on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen’s retail experience might mean to one person buying a fur coat and diamond earrings and to another a bag of pot and some powder skis. The pandemic, now nearly a year old, has spawned another type of specialty retailer downtown private testing sites for COVID-19.