Can you get coronavirus from drinking Corona beer? No, but the brand still takes a hit

[TexasTowelie]

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."

5WPR’s 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., Corona’s 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]

1. Gump's ascension makes more sense every day.

[Totally Tunsie]

2. Hmmmm, 38% +/- support Chump in the U.S. too.

Could they be one and the same? Sounds about right that the MAGATs could be that stupid!

[smirkymonkey]

12. Yeah, funny how those percentages match up.

Actually, not really. It makes perfect sense.

[intrepidity]

3. You know who else learned this lesson?

Ayds ( pronounced as "aids" ) Reducing Plan Candy was an appetite-suppressant candy that enjoyed strong sales in the 1970s and early 1980s and was originally manufactured by The Campana Company. It was available in chocolate, chocolate mint, butterscotch, and caramel flavors, and later a peanut butter flavor was introduced. The original packaging used the phrase "Ayds Reducing Plan vitamin and mineral Candy"; a later version used the phrase "appetite suppressant candy". The active ingredient was originally benzocaine,[1] presumably to reduce the sense of taste to reduce eating, later changed in the candy (as reported by The New York Times) to phenylpropanolamine.[2]

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]

4. I hate the taste and bought a 6 pack

Drinking it to spite uninformed .

[House of Roberts]

5. You hate the taste of ALL beer?

Or just Corona, maybe among others?

[Lugnut]

6. Some people are morons.

[greytdemocrat]

8. Bingo!

You really have to be an idiot
to believe this.

[SunSeeker]

7. How can people be so stupid?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. No, but some will be using it as a cure.

Just waiting for that rumor to go viral......

KY................

[renate]

10. I assume these are the Fox base

I know it’s not their fault they’re stupid, but... damn.

[OnDoutside]

11. Chinese restaurants are taking a hit too. Some restaurants are

seeing a drop of up to 70% in business, in my city. A complete overreaction.