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Antibiotics are not prescribed for health problems caused by viruses because?

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Antibiotics are not prescribed for health problems caused by viruses because? It’s-example-1

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Antibiotics cannot kill viruses because bacteria and viruses have different mechanisms and machinery to survive and replicate the antibiotic has no “target” to attack in a virus however antiviral medications and vaccines are specific for viruses
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