{"id":2458417,"date":"2020-05-13T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/hospital-officials-says-their-focus-is-on-science-not-economy\/"},"modified":"2020-05-13T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T04:08:00","slug":"hospital-officials-says-their-focus-is-on-science-not-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/hospital-officials-says-their-focus-is-on-science-not-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital officials says their focus is on science, not economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The medical advisory team at Aspen Valley Hospital said they lack a minimum four-week window of science-based data before they can comment on whether restaurants should reopen to dine-in patrons May 20.<\/p>\n

Saying they could only draw conclusions through a medical lens, members of Aspen Valley Hospital\u2019s board of directors, as well as its medical advisory team, said they backed the county\u2019s phased opening of businesses through restrictive means, otherwise known as the Pitkin County \u201cRoadmap to Reopening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on behalf of the medial advisory team during AVH\u2019s meeting Monday<\/a>, Dr. Catherine Bernard said it supports the road map because \u201cwe see this as a science-based and logical approach to reopening the community safely.\u201d<\/p>\n

At that same virtual board meeting, however, the MAT declined to opine on the Pitkin County Board of Health\u2019s proposal to seek a variance from a state order so restaurants could open at 30% capacity May 20.<\/p>\n

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