Mystery #4Tier 2-3microbes antibiotics viruses
Why do doctors hold back on antibiotics instead of giving them for every sniffle?
If antibiotics kill the germs that make us ill, why not take them for every cough, cold and sniffle, just to be safe? Yet doctors often say no and send you home with nothing but rest and plenty of fluids. They are not being mean or stingy. So why do they hold these medicines back?
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