Coronavirus vs. Corona Beer: Why Millions Mistake One for the Other
According to Google Trends, a surprising number of internet users have been associating the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) with the popular beer brand Corona. While the two share only a semantic link, many people seem to miss that distinction.
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Search queries connecting coronavirus and Corona beer first appeared around mid-January. Terms like "corona beer virus" began cropping up. Initially sporadic, these searches surged dramatically after January 18.
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The trend is most prominent in Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia, but also noticeable in New Zealand, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Norway, Austria, and Denmark.
Of course, no actual evidence links the two beyond the name. "Corona" means "crown" in Spanish and Latin, fitting both the beer's emblem and the virus's crown-like spike proteins. That's where the similarity ends.
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