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OliveOilMom
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15 Feb 2018, 5:33 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
OliveOilMom wrote:
You can still get a flu shot. I had the flu a couple weeks ago and got tamiflu and antibiotics and was fine. Most people won't die from it, and the flu shot doesn't prevent every type of flu that's out there this year but you can still get one.



Antibiotics are worthless for the flu. Influenza is a virus, antibiotics only work on bacterial infections. It's possibly the reason why there are now superbugs that are now resistant to antibiotics. It drives me crazy when people still take them for a virus.



I was given the antibiotics to prevent a secondary infection, not to treat a virus.


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