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Explain why antibiotics are not effective against virus[3]

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• This is because viruses are so, basic, that rely on their host cells to carry out their functions.

• Antibiotics harm a living organism's cell wall, causing it to die. ,A cell wall is not present in viruses.

• Antibiotics are produced by bacteria and fungi that treat bacterial infections, not viral infections because viruses accomplish their functions inside the host cells. ,As a result, they are unable to kill viruses.

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