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Why might an antibiotic NOT work on a virus?

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Antibotics don't work against viruses because they only work on bacterial infections. These bacterial infections are very much difgferent than viruses, like c o v i d, the flu, or the common cold.

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Antibiotics cannot kill viruses because viruses have different structures and replicate in a different way than bacteria.
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