Somebody doesn't have their facts straight. Flue is caused by a virus, and antibiotics don't work on viruses at all. For that matter, we have very few effective treatments for viral diseases in general. Vaccination works, but that's a preventive, not a treatment. That somebody was James Hughes, director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has become one of the most dangerous organization in this country. One of the dangers is the belief they really know something. Well, see for yourself.
Hank
Very strange. I wonder if he was quoted wildly out of context. It seems strange that anyone with any medical training at all would think of antibiotic resistance as a problem with a viral disease.
They're already essentially 100% antibiotic resistant!