1. the flu is a virus. The standard advice has been to NOT take antibiotics for a virus, because it will do nothing.
2. are you a doctor? At a press conference yesterday it came out that doctors are cleaning out cipro from pharmacies -- for themselves and their families. Your advice would seem to counter the advice doctors are giving themselves, and their families. What are your medical qualifications to give out this type of advice?
Antibiotics are needed for flu season not because antibiotics help against the flu virus, but because the flu and other viral infections open the door for opportunistic bacterial infections. For example, it's common for the flu (viral) to transition into bacterial pneumonia. See: http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/cme/flu/viral.html
2. are you a doctor? At a press conference yesterday it came out that doctors are cleaning out cipro from pharmacies -- for themselves and their families. Your advice would seem to counter the advice doctors are giving themselves, and their families. What are your medical qualifications to give out this type of advice?
His point was that if people start stocking up on antibiotics "just in case", supplies will be depleted and there won't be enough for the people who *really* need them. He's absolutely right, and the fact that some doctors are selfishly helping to contribute to the problem doesn't change that.