周五，在州最高法院推翻了该州的在家办公令后，威斯康星州的一名企业主禁止在她的建筑中使用口罩。
威斯康辛州格雷欣附近的安妮露营地在该机构的脸书页面上发布了新规定:“为了安全起见，建筑物内不允许带面具。他们被视为正在进行的抢劫，将会以这种方式处理。”该帖子接着列出了5月15日至17日周末计划的活动和顾客可以享用的食物，最后感谢顾客。
“感谢您在我们度过这个叫做生活的日子时给予我们的持续支持！我们有许多新员工，请耐心等待，因为我们在接下来的几周内将进行培训和学习，”该帖子写道，然后补充道“回到真正的正常状态。”
安妮露营地的主人安·雷兹拉夫告诉记者新闻周刊周六，她在自己周末的例行“队列”中发布了这条规定，以劝阻任何人进入她的营地，意图造成伤害。
“我在进入主楼时没有戴面具，因为这是坏人利用任何小生意抢劫他们的最佳时机，因为现在戴面具是‘正常’的。几天前，肖亚诺的几家小企业被抢劫，或者有人试图抢劫他们，”雷兹拉夫在一封电子邮件中说。
“现在，我知道有些人戴口罩是因为他们脆弱的健康状况，比如癌症或最近的手术。我知道这些人和他们的身材有很大的不同，一个6英尺2英寸的男性进入一个机构，企图造成伤害，雷兹拉夫说。
“对于所有公民来说，这是一个非常关键的时刻，让他们清醒过来，了解外面的威胁，并采取措施进行保护和防卫。就这么简单。我在这里的所有客户都明白我的意思，也明白我为什么要发布这些信息，”她补充道。
安妮的露营地从未因为新的冠状病毒大流行而关闭。雷兹拉夫也告诉记者新闻周刊在一个电话中，在她询问警长是否会因为她这样做而逮捕她后，她一直保持开放状态。
当被问及她是否认为自己的资助有所减少时，雷兹拉夫认为“恰恰相反”
“今年，由于所有的反对者，我的生意实际上大幅增长，”在当地的文章反对她继续营业的决定后，雷兹拉夫说。
“顾客非常支持。开车几个小时来这里的人拥抱了我，感谢我保持开放，”雷兹拉夫说。
也有一些人在公司的脸书页面上威胁要伤害她或商业利益，雷兹拉夫说这从来没有困扰过她。“我是一个意志相当坚强的人。我有军人背景，”她说。
威斯康星州最高法院周三以4票对3票的裁决否决了延长该州封锁令的决定，引用该州最高官员安德里亚·帕尔姆(Andrea Palm)“必须遵守法律”，此前共和党议员认为他们本应在延长封锁令方面拥有发言权。
雷兹拉夫说，高等法院做出了正确的决定，应该开放所有的企业，“特别是在威斯康星州北部，我们人口稀少。”安妮露营地所在的沙瓦诺县，在新的冠状病毒大流行期间，只发现了29例COVID-19确诊病例和零死亡病例。
与此同时，州长托尼·埃维斯(Tony Evers)周四表示，法院的裁决将导致该州的“混乱”，因为地方官员现在将有机会实施他们自己的封锁措施，这将因县而异。
“尽管我们州的威斯康辛人做了很好的工作——他们团结在一起，呆在家里，保持安全——共和党立法者已经说服了我们的四名最高法院大法官把我们的州陷入混乱，”艾维斯在法院做出裁决后一天的新闻发布会上说。
“即使有这么多混乱，我们也不能让法院的裁决撤销我们所做的所有工作，”州长说，并补充道，“因为，伙计们，最高法院可能已经改变了我们运作的规则，但它肯定没有改变病毒的运作方式，”埃维斯说。
威斯康星健康服务部报道该州有11685例确诊病例，445例死亡。根据政府网站，感染该病毒的人中只有1977人曾经住院。
2020年4月24日，在威斯康星州麦迪逊市的州议会大厦前，人们举着标语抗议冠状病毒关闭。——周五，美国佐治亚州的健身房、发廊和纹身店重新开张，冠状病毒大流行导致的死亡人数飙升至50，000人以上。
WISCONSIN BUSINESS OWNER BANS WEARING OF MASKS AFTER COURT OVERTURNS STAY-AT-HOME ORDER
A Wisconsin business owner banned the use of masks in her buildings Friday, after the state Supreme Court overturned the state's stay-at-home order.
Annie's Campground, near Gresham, Wisconsin, posted the new rule on the establishment's Facebook page: "Masks are NOT allowed in the buildings for safety sake. They are viewed as a robbery in progress and will be handled that way." The post goes on to list planned events and food items available to patrons for the May 15-17 weekend, before thanking patrons in its conclusion.
"Thank you for your continued support as we all get through this thing called life! We have many new people on staff, please have patience as we are training and learning the next few weeks," the post stated, before adding "back to the real normal here."
Ann Retzlaff, who owns Annie's Campground, told Newsweek Saturday she posted this provision on her regular weekend "line-up" to dissuade anyone who enters her campground with the intent to do harm.
"I added no masks when entering my main building because this is the perfect time for the bad guys to take advantage of any small business and rob them because it is now 'normal' to wear a mask. A couple days ago, several small businesses in Shawano were robbed, or the attempt was made to rob them," Retzlaff stated in an email.
"Now, I do understand that there are people who wear a mask because of their delicate health situation, like cancer or a recent surgery. I know these people and their stature is much different that a 6'2" male entering an establishment aggressively with intent to do harm," Retzlaff stated.
"This is a very critical time for all citizens to wake up and understand the threats out there and take measures to protect and defend. It is as simple as that. All of my customers here understood exactly what I meant and why I posted that information," she added.
Annie's Campground never closed down due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Retzlaff also told Newsweek in a phone call that she remained open after she asked the sheriff if he would arrest her for doing so.
When asked if she saw a decline in her patronage, Retzlaff saw "the exact opposite."
"This year, because of all the haters, my business has actually increased substantially," Retzlaff said, following local articles that came out against her decision to stay open.
"Customers are so supportive. People who have driven hours to come here have hugged me and thanked me for staying open," Retzlaff said.
There have also been those who have threatened to do her or the business harm on the company's Facebook page, which Retzlaff said never fazed her. "I am a pretty strong-willed person. I come from a military background," she said.
Wisconsin's Supreme Court ruled against the extension of the state lockdown order Wednesday in a 4-3 decision, citing that Andrea Palm, the top head official in the state, "must follow the law" after Republican lawmakers argued they should have had a say in extending the order.
Retzlaff said the high court made the right decision and that it should open all businesses, "especially in northern Wisconsin where we are sparsely populated." Shawano County, where Annie's Campground is located, has only seen 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and zero deaths during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, Governor Tony Evers said Thursday the court ruling would result in "chaos" in the state, because local officials would now have the opportunity to implement their own lockdown measures, which would differ by county.
"Despite that good work by Wisconsinites across our state – who banded together, stayed home and stayed safe – Republican legislators have convinced four of our Supreme Court Justices to throw our state into chaos," Evers said at a press conference a day after the court made its ruling.
"Even with all this chaos, we cannot let the court's ruling undo all the work we have done" the governor said – adding, "Because, folks, the Supreme Court may have changed the rules for how we operate, but it sure as heck didn't change how viruses operate," Evers said.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports 11,685 confirmed cases in the sate and 445 deaths. Only 1,977 of the people who contracted the virus have ever been hospitalized, according to the government website.
TOPSHOT - People hold signs during a protest against the coronavirus shutdown in front of State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 24, 2020. - Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen in the US state of Georgia on Friday as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic soared past 50,000 in the US.
