While I agree, it still boggles my mind how the Corona beer (and other Coronas, like the game SDK) have been stigmatized just by sharing the same name.
I mean the whole pandemic is dubbed the "Coronavirus pandemic" - and while that's not an officially designated term, the WHO frequently uses it.
If they had had any consideration for Corona the beer brand, they'd probably have made that known.
They've recently performed well above average, apparently.
So it is not clear contrary to your previous comment.
You can read the exact guidelines here: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/163636/WHO_...
In particular, they say:
Disease names may NOT include: [...]
- People's names [...]
- Cultural, population, industry or occupational references. Examples: Occupational, legionnaires, miners, butchers, cooks, nurses
What it again does not mention is brands.
> adding that the agency’s “best practices for naming disease suggest avoiding `causing offence to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups.”’
The list does not include brands.
Also, there are different measures of confusion: "Nu" being confused with "new" is on a phonetic level and could make actual communication difficult. "Delta (the virus)" vs "Delta (the airline)" is semantic confusion and most people are quite capable of distinguishing those unless they deliberately want to be confused.