{"id":2456852,"date":"2020-04-06T22:56:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T04:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/pleas-for-distancing-as-aspen-surge-predicted-for-mid-april\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T22:56:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T04:56:01","slug":"pleas-for-distancing-as-aspen-surge-predicted-for-mid-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/pleas-for-distancing-as-aspen-surge-predicted-for-mid-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleas for distancing as Aspen surge predicted for mid-April"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Local officials don\u2019t think Aspen and Pitkin County residents are taking social distancing and isolation rules seriously enough, and reiterated Monday their importance in controlling the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a little bit of restlessness in the community in relation to the (stay-at-home) public health order,\u201d Pitkin County Public Health Director Karen Koenemann said in a phone interview. \u201cThis is really hard and the longevity is really difficult for folks.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what we\u2019re doing is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local public health officials said social distancing<\/a> is of particular importance especially during the next two weeks because the latest models show the coronavirus surge not showing up here until mid-April, she said.<\/p>\n

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