The best thing about Brazil is the Brazilian people. Who doesn't know that phrase? One of the hottest topics right now is the Corona brand, whose name refers to the solar corona in Spanish and has nothing to do with the virus. It's the third most popular beer in the US.
Well, folks, meme professionals don't let anything go unnoticed, not even the new coronavirus, a serious problem that we are all facing, was left out of being the target of "teasing," it now has an unexpected victim: one of the most popular beers in the world.
On Easter Sunday, Corona beer became the target of memes and videos shared on social media with the highest number of victims of the virus worldwide.
Corona Extra Beer – and the new Coronavirus pandemic
If you look now at the data on the increase in internet searches for “corona beer virus” and “beer coronavirus” you will certainly notice that Corona (the company’s brand) will be one of the first options.
The data shows that Mexican beer couldn't escape the association. So-called purchase intentions among US adults fell to their lowest level in two years, according to YouGov data.
The impact of the new coronavirus has worsened in Brazil in recent days with the increase in infections, causing deaths in the country to double and exceed 1,000 deaths.
As we reported earlier, the US is the largest center of the pandemic worldwide. For this reason, shares of Constellation Brands, maker of Corona beer, plummeted 81,000 pounds this week in New York.
Ultimately, Corona's brand awareness score — which tracks whether U.S. adults aware of the brand have heard positive or negative things about it — has fallen to 51 from a peak of 75 earlier in the year, according to YouGov.
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