Ibuprofen During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Media Precautions and Implications

摘要

The ongoing spread of COVID-19, also known as the novelcoronavirus, has created significant concerns often leading topanic throughout the world as to its virulence and lethality.Regularly published media track newly infected patient rates anddeaths further driving public panic, which invariably leads topeople seeking information. As the use of social media continuesto complement and augment the drive for free, open-accessmedical education, some have previously highlighted limitationsposed by such a largely unregulated online venue.1 Previously,these opinions targeted much smaller populations, such asthe push against electronic cigarettes after vaping-associatedpulmonary injury was identified in 2019. With the increasingreach of COVID-19, however, concerns are not isolated to onesection of society, but have instead permeated widely.