Antibiotics do not work for viral infections such as flu

Antibiotics are a type of antimicrobial made to fight bacteria, not viruses. They cannot help with colds, flu or most sore throats. Taking them when we do not need them does not get us better, it just gives the bacteria living in our bodies a chance to become resistant microbes harder to treat.

“It is important to understand that antibiotics have no effect on viruses, but only on bacteria. Therefore, they should be used responsibly and only when necessary.
I somehow had a restaurant scene in my head. I imagined viruses meeting antibiotics at the dinner table. If anyone thinks viruses can be ‘fed’ with antibiotics to harm them, they are mistaken. Viruses don’t even know what to do with them.”