From:
https://www.drugs.com/article/antibiotics-and-viruses.html Antibiotic Resistance Overview
Overuse and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics worldwide is leading to the global healthcare issue of antibiotic resistance. However, the issue of antibiotic resistance can be confusing for many patients. You may be told you cannot use an antibiotic for a viral infection because they are ineffective and may lead to “antibiotic resistance”.
Why don’t antibiotics kill viral infections, and how can overuse of an antibiotic lead to “antibiotic resistance”?
Antibiotics cannot kill viruses because viruses have different structures and replicate in a different way than bacteria.
Antibiotics work by targeting the growth machinery in bacteria (not viruses) to kill or inhibit those particular bacteria.
When you think about it structurally, it makes sense that an antibiotic could not work to kill a virus with a completely different set of replicating “machinery”.
It appears that *some* antibiotics work via other mechanisms for viruses.
I’m going to have to track down the vanc class stuff wrt ebola/etc.
Check the born on date.