Speak Up: Delaware to lift most capacity restrictions May 21

Indoor capacity limits will be lifted in Delaware beginning May 21, state officials announced Tuesday. Indoor facilities will be allowed to use as much capacity as social distancing requirements allow. The social distancing requirement will also be changed from 6 feet to 3 feet as of May 21. The lifting of restrictions affects restaurants, bars, retail establishments, gyms, houses of worship and other businesses. Masks will still be required indoors. State officials said Delaware’s declining COVID-19 case numbers, rising vaccination statistics and the warmer weather played into the decision.

• Too soon. — Charlie Harper

• Way too late! We can’t live like this the rest of our lives. What’s the point of the vaccine, if we just continue to do the same thing over and over? — Richard Damron

• Then, stay home and hide. — Doug Poore

• State can’t miss or afford to lose another beach season. — Bobbi Costello

• About time. — David Wendy Holloway

• How about visiting loved ones at the hospital? — Edna Staats

• Courts? — Patti Smith