Tylenol and Advil are out of stock as their demands have skyrocketed due to online fake news encouraging panic buying of OTC drugs and claiming the Korean government’s containment of COVID-19 has failed.

On Mar. 2, a multiple online pharmacies have posted notice on shortage of Tylenol, Advil and Aspirin.

Apparently, the circulating ‘story’ is supposedly a chat between graduates of Seoul National University College of Medicine, which claims the outbreak has entered the ‘community infection’ phase that cannot be contained even with utmost care, and the prognosis of individual would heavily depend on their immune system.

The made-up story also talked about concerning