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Angelique has several symptoms of pneumonia that her doctor diagnoses as being caused by a virus. Her parents ask for an antibiotic prescription, but the doctor recommends other treatment. Why did the doctor give this advice?

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Answer:

Antibiotics only work fro bacteria. You would need and antiviral prescription for it to work on a virus.

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Answer:

antibiotics do not kill viruses.

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antibiotics only kill bacteria, they cannot kill viruses.

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