Venues offering discounted Corona have faced backlash on social media for their "disgusting" coronavirus promotions.
Fitzgerald’s Irish Bar in Bunbury, WA, posted a Facebook promotion for an event last Saturday night, February 1, featuring $6 bottles of Corona and free protective face masks.
“There’s been a LOT of talk about Corona and to be honest it's made us pretty thirsty…” the caption for the promotion reads alongside an image of a Corona beer bottle wearing a face mask.
“We’ve heard Corona is pretty popular at the moment. We’re not sure why though, it’s just beer isn’t it?” the caption added.
The original post, which has since been deleted, also featured a line promising that it would be the “sickest night of the year”, but that version has since been deleted.
The post attracted negative attention online, with users commenting “this is too far” and saying it was "disrespectful". However, others said it was "seriously the best advertising ever!"
It follows a controversial promotion by a bar in New Zealand, which used the coronavirus outbreak to promote a deal on Corona beer alongside the tagline “while the pandemic lasts”.
The offer at Hamilton's House on Hood was promoted alongside an illustration featuring two men in boiler suits and gas masks holding bottles of the beer.
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