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During the 1918 influenza pandemic, doctors initially treated infected patients with an antibiotic. Why was this treatment ineffective?
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During the 1918 influenza pandemic, doctors initially treated infected patients with an antibiotic. Why was this treatment ineffective?

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It is because Influenza is a virus.

antibiotics are for bacterial infection.

There is no antiviral drugs till now because virus is non living thing

All we have are vaccines for virus and no medicine

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