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Explain why medicines like antibiotics do not work against viruses.

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Answer:

antibiotics are to kill bacteria not virus

Step-by-step explanation:

its in the name

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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.
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