https://freerepublic.com/tag/orangetreeimports/ en-us Sun, 27 Feb 2022 15:36:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4041978/posts It's a typical Friday at Orange Tree Imports, a gift shop on Madison's Monroe Street — employees work and customers browse donning masks in a reality they've grown accustomed to the past two years. Madison and Dane County will let its months-long coronavirus mask mandate expire. But Orange Tree will keep a mask requirement for staff and shoppers, said co-owner Carol "Orange" Schroeder. Other Madison businesses appear ready to embrace what local health experts say could be the pandemic's next chapter, even after a harsh winter caused by the highly transmissible omicron variant. Huge COVID case spikes this past winter... Wisconsin State Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4041978/posts#comment Sun, 27 Feb 2022 15:36:06 GMT