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A study released this week of about 740 beer drinkers in the United States shows that 38% of them said they would not buy Corona [beer] under any circumstances now." Their fears are linked to the coronavirus, the respiratory illness that has infected thousands of people around the globe.
Corona is a victim," some reports say, of unfortunate wordplay, as there is no known link between those who drink Corona beer and those who have contracted the virus. One article on medium.com even says rumors go viral faster than the actual virus."
5WPRs recent survey which also shows that 16% of those studied were confused about whether Corona beer is related to the virus proves that some Americans are not sure how the virus is (or is not) spread. But the confusion has created very real aftershock for Constellation Brands Inc., Coronas parent company.
Stock for Constellation Brands Inc. has fallen steadily in the past week, including an 8% drop on Feb. 27. The market as a whole has seen a historic plunge and is finishing its worst week since late 2008.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/food/restaurant-news/2020/02/28/can-you-get-coronavirus-from-drinking-corona-beer-no-but-the-brand-still-takes-a-hit/
John Fante
(3,479 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Could they be one and the same? Sounds about right that the MAGATs could be that stupid!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Actually, not really. It makes perfect sense.
intrepidity
(7,294 posts)By the mid-1980s, public awareness of the disease AIDS caused problems for the brand due to the phonetic similarity of names and the fact that the disease caused immense weight loss in patients. While initially sales were not affected, by 1988 the chair of Dep Corporation announced that the company was seeking a new name because sales had dropped as much as 50% due to publicity about the disease.[3] While the product's name was changed to Diet Ayds (Aydslim in Britain), it was eventually withdrawn from the market.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayds
sunflowerseed
(273 posts)Drinking it to spite uninformed .
House of Roberts
(5,168 posts)Or just Corona, maybe among others?
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)You really have to be an idiot
to believe this.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)Just waiting for that rumor to go viral......
KY................
renate
(13,776 posts)I know its not their fault theyre stupid, but... damn.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)seeing a drop of up to 70% in business, in my city. A complete overreaction.