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Americans Spread Virus Fear in One EU Country They Can Visit
- Ireland is open for tourists from the world’s worst outbreak
- ‘It’s an American,’ said one spooked barkeeper in Kerry
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A barman in Kerry, southwest Ireland, rushed to find his boss earlier this month. We have trouble, Gerard Kennedy was told.
“He said ‘it’s an American’,” according to Kennedy, who runs the Moorings guest house and Bridge Bar. “It was like he had seen a crocodile. Normally, we love overseas visitors. But right now, people here are just nervous.”