They are still making up stories. They say they erroneously thought he had a low grade fever from a viral infection now. But they sent him home with antibiotics. So they didn’t think that at all.
Exactly.
Someone is lying.
Doctors do sometimes write scripts for antibiotics when the primary diagnosis is viral infection. They probably shouldn’t, but I have seen this happen to myself and others many times— and I am allergic to many antibiotics! Reasons seem to be (i) They haven’t confirmed a viral infection in the lab (they never do this), so even though they are leaning that way, it could be bacterial so they want to cover the bases. (ii) Patient pressures them to give them something and they cave. (iii) Prescribe antibiotics in cases where there is a potential risk of secondary infection.