claim: ¿puede el ibuprofeno empeorar a personas con covid-19?
summary: medical journal lancet published a study in which two authors hypothesized that patients who used ibuprofen suffered more covid-19 complications, although insufficient scientific evidence linked ibuprofen to accentuated symptoms. french ministry of health later acted on this hypothesis, and the claim that ibuprofen is linked to worsening covid-19 symptoms spread via social media.
subject_description: the use of ibuprofen can accentuate symptoms of covid-19
Motive_Description: misuse of unsupported research hypothesis
author_description: french health minister olivier véran
keywords: coronavirus, ibuprofen, accentuate symptoms, lancet