Many people are confused about Wuhan virus and Corona beer

The phrase "the virus in Corona beer" spikes on search engines. This confusion comes from the name of the virus strain with the scientific name nCoV-2019 and the Mexican beer brand.

GoogleTrends Twitter account on 28 January said global searches for the term 'symptoms of corona virus' increased 1,050% from the previous week.

In addition, Google also listed the top 5 most searched terms in the past 24 hours and it is not surprising that the topic of corona virus continues to appear with the words "how to prevent corona virus" and "corona virus". lan like ".

However, it is worth noting that the appearance of a search term that is related to the corona virus topic is actually a serious misunderstanding. According to BoingBoing discovered a few days ago, the phrase 'the virus in Corona beer' also unexpectedly saw a sudden increase in searches.

The phrase 'the virus in Corona beer' also unexpectedly saw a spike in searches.(Image: Getty Images).

This may stem from many people still being confused about the coincidence in the name of the Wuhan virus, whose scientific name is nCoV-2019 and the beer brand Corona.

According to Vice, searches for this term are quite common in North America, Western Europe, Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan and New Zealand.

In fact, Corona beer and the virus of the same name have absolutely no connection. The only common point between them lies only in the origin of the name Corona.

In Latin, the word corōna means 'crown'. The name corona is therefore also given to this virus because under the electron microscope, they have a halo around like a crown.

Corona beer even appeared before this virus when its first beer was produced in 1924. Meanwhile, the corona virus was discovered in 1931 but it did not appear until 1965. the first human coronary virus strain.

Misinformation like this is not just on the Internet. The Daily Beast had previously reported warnings about the QAnon, who claimed that there was an international bureaucracy plotting against the Trump administration giving hints on how to protect yourself from corona virus by drinking it. bleach.

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