If Renee May Richards could tell others one thing about dealing with COVID-19 it would be, "Do everything in your power not to get this virus!"

Richards, the former owner of Art and Soul art gallery and tattoo parlor in New Glarus added, "This virus is not a joke. It doesn't care if you're Democrat, Republican, or anything else whether you believe in the severity of this virus or not, it's real and it can kill you."

Richards admits that when she saw the initial COVID-19 information on Facebook, she thought it was another funny thing that someone had come up with.

"I didn't do any research...