[Ditter]

You are partially right and partially wrong. Yes flu is a virus not a bacteria and antibiotics don't work on a virus, but it is more complicated than that. Viruses will weaken the body and leave it susceptible to a bacteria. The bacteria that comes on after the flu is what will kill you, more likely than the flu itself. My doctor will always prescribe antibiotics when I have the flu because he knows that it will ALWAYS leave me with a bacterial infection, possibly with pneumonia.

[Wacka]

I have an advanced degree in molecular biology. If you didn’t already have a bacterial infection, he is wrong, because indiscriminate use of antibiotics will result in more resistant bacteria evolving.