Question

Angelique has several symptoms of pneumonia that her doctor diagnoses as being caused by a virus. Her parents ask for an antibiotic prescription, but the doctor recommends other treatment. Why did the doctor give this advice?

Answer 1

Antibiotics only work fro bacteria. You would need and antiviral prescription for it to work on a virus.

Answer 2

antibiotics do not kill viruses.

Step-by-step explanation:

antibiotics only kill bacteria, they cannot kill viruses.