Americans are avoiding Corona beer amid coronavirus outbreak

[denem]

Americans are avoiding Corona beer amid coronavirus outbreak, survey finds

Some American beer drinkers are avoiding Corona, the beer, amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak, according to a new survey.

A surprising 38 percent of beer drinkers insisted that they would not, under any circumstances, buy Corona as the deadly virus spreads across the globe, according to the survey conducted by 5W Public Relations.

“There is no question that Corona beer is suffering because of the coronavirus,” Ronn Torossian, founder of 5WPR, said in a statement.

There is no known similarity between the beer and the virus — except for the name.

... 14 percent of respondents who said they regularly consume Corona beer admitted in the survey they would not order the beverage in public.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/27/americans-are-avoiding-corona-beer-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-survey-finds/

[hlthe2b]

1. UN-F ing-Believable

Makes one "proud" to be an Amurikan, doesn't it?

[jimfields33]

14. I was so hoping this was an article from the onion

[kacekwl]

41. Is it any wonder trump is president.

Good grief.

[rownesheck]

2. We have got to be

the dumbest group of humans to have ever lived on this planet. I feel this country is too stupid to exist much longer. Idiocracy wasn't supposed to be a documentary.

[beachbumbob]

4. I wouldn't drink the stuff before the virus hit the stage

[Sherman A1]

6. Same here

Not a big beer drinker anyway, but after trying one, that was more than enough.

[riversedge]

27. I love Corona beer--but has to have the lime.

[Captain Zero]

39. yup

it's the mexican bud/miller lite/light.
Beer flavored water.

[hlthe2b]

5. Did I say something that offended you? (post 1 and your self-deleted #2)

I'm just always curious why people post and immediately self-delete rather than edit.

[denem]

8. No. I replied with the virus graphic. Then decided it better be in the OP.

Let make some noise for contagious beer and cold hamberders. USA USA!

[hlthe2b]

12. Hah!

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Imagine the turmoil if it had been named the Bud Light Virus. nt

[GoneOffShore]

10. Good one!

[Lochloosa]

13. Or the Long Neck Virus. Bikers would be pissed.

[maxrandb]

9. And this, my friends, is how we ended up with Donnie Dollhands playing president n/t

[ck4829]

11. Well, we're the same country that when a certain party calls X "socialism", then a chunk of us will

oppose X, no matter how tied to socialism that X actually is.

[procon]

15. The stupidity burns.

It's a miracle that we aren't cowering in caves in abject fear of thunderstorms.

[mitch96]

16. This is a new level of weapons grade stupid.........

Don't drink it b/c it's piss water!!
To modify Colbert's joke from the other nite....
Why is drinking Corona like having sex in a canoe?
B/C they are both close to fucking water!!
ba dum-dum.......
m

joke at 7:40
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/colbert-elizabeth-warren-eat-south-carolina-food-talk-billionaires-1281577

[IronLionZion]

18. Ooh yeah, I want a president who can drink a real beer

while Trump has his diet coke full of Chinese artificial sweeteners

[mitch96]

19. He probably has his stockpile of diet coke in some bunker near Washington

Oh and Mierda-Lago too..
m

[IronLionZion]

17. Time to boycott limes because of lyme disease

Companies with unfortunate names like ISIS have also suffered for similar reasons. There are American companies who couldn't sell their products in some countries because their name meant something bad in another language.

[Buns_of_Fire]

35. "Bite the Wax Tadpole" -- an oldie but a goodie.

Unfortunately, untrue: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bite-the-wax-tadpole/

As is the story about what "Joanie Loves Chachi" means in Korean: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joanie-loves-chachi/

[NRaleighLiberal]

20. extreme pride in stupidity seemed to begin with Dubya...but

it's become a full fledged pandemic with the likes of trump.

[Guilded Lilly]

21. America: racing uncontrollably towards The Stupid. n/t

[Sunsky]

22. This must be satire

We are not this stupid

[3catwoman3]

37. "We are not this stupid." Are you sure?

I’m not. Not these days.

(DUers excepted, of course - )

[Sunsky]

43. Oh boy

A sad state of affairs. Then again, I now recall the "freedom fries" debacle after France opposed the Iraq war. Yup, we're not the brightest bulbs.

[sinkingfeeling]

23. Stupidity reigns supreme.

[Flaleftist]

24. Why am I not surprised?

[Amishman]

25. Could it just be aversion because of the reminder?

In other words not wanting to think about the corona virus so not buying the beer as to avoid being reminded of it?

[riversedge]

26. OH geez! Only in Trumps America!!

[ck4829]

50. Ha

[dewsgirl]

28. Idiots, probably the same idiots that think a virus would

be to intimidated to do it's virusing on American soil.🙄

[Mike 03]

29. People aren't rational

I remember when ISIS became prominent any American company with Isis in its name raced to change it due to negative perception or adverse impact on their revenue.

[Croney]

31. We were typing at the same time.

[Croney]

30. In the 80's there was Ayds, a popular diet "candy."

And just a few years ago, "Isis" was the name of successful businesses.

So it's not surprising.

[walkingman]

33. Our education system has failed us.

[Kilgore]

36. There is a good side to this

Corona is seriously discounted at the grocery. Bought 3 cases just in case we get quarantined.

[braddy]

38. In the 1970s I drank Corona in Mexico because it was a non-offensive cheaper beer, it was amusing

to watch them convince the gullible that it was the coolest beer around and worth every penny.

[samnsara]

40. more for me!

[KWR65]

42. Oh Yeah. That graphic helps dismiss the myth. n/t

[denem]

44. The myth?

LOL!

[MerryBlooms]

45. These idiots will be voting in November.

[ck4829]

49. Yep

[Hermit-The-Prog]

46. trumpers

[denem]

47. kick

[Renew Deal]

48. The bigger problem is with people not eating Chinese food

I heard that Chinese food places are hurting.

[Squinch]

52. Staaahp! It's a fake!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016248564

[denem]

53. Another statistic form the same survey -

14 percent of respondents who said they regularly consume Corona beer admitted in the survey they would not order the beverage in public.

[JDC]

54. This poll brought to you by Dos Equis

Stay thirsty my friends....