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Many restaurants and small businesses are struggling to stay open during the pandemic. And new restrictions cutting capacity for many back to 30 percent could force some to close their doors permanently.
While State Sen. Ernie Lopez (R-Lewes) and House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth Beach) differ on the governor’s handling of restrictions, they agree restaurants shoulder undue blame for spreading the virus.
“And sometimes I think they get picked on a little more than the rest of the business world, said Schwartyzkopf. The restaurants probably have been the most responsive to the restrictions as well as the precautions taken and I think what you need to look at is before you say ‘well we just gotta cut you back to 30 percent or 20 percent or 15 percent,’ is what is the history of your employees; are your employees getting sick, if they’re not getting sick then they’re doing something right.”