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The key concern is that ibuprofen may act as a catalyst that accelerates virus progression into more severe stages such as pneumonia. Anecdotal reports from medical staff in Vancouver support this claim, indicating that Advil could make COVID-19 symptoms worse, potentially making the infection ten times more severe. Nurses and healthcare providers have observed that patients who took ibuprofen experienced rapid deterioration, sometimes requiring ventilators, despite being otherwise healthy individuals in their 40s and 50s.