"We all know that you cannot treat a virus with an antibiotic, but... My
wife suffers from almost COPD, in that if she gets a cold it can easily
morph into bronchitis or pneumonia. Along with the standard lung meds, they
always give her an antibiotic treatment even though it is a virus. I had
the same thing happen to me with the flu.

I do know that it works with my wife and I came through the flu fine-
strictly anecdotal."

FYI, you get an antibiotic prophylactically in such cases. The mucus that builds up in viral lung infections is fertile ground for bacterial growth. Antibiotics are given to interrupt that cycle, and preclude the secondary bacterial infection. They do nothing against the virus.

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