Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoTime for a bit of medical educationlemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down139
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minus-squareSoulphite@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoPeople often confuse viral infections as bacterial infection… instead one would require anti-viral. I’m sure it’s just people not knowing what ‘biotic’ is referencing.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI don’t think it’s that deep. “I feel ill. Give me pill” and the doctor give something that cures syphilis, so it must be good.
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYeah also generic anti-virals don’t exist like they do as antibiotics. There’s no cure for the common cold.
People often confuse viral infections as bacterial infection… instead one would require anti-viral. I’m sure it’s just people not knowing what ‘biotic’ is referencing.
I don’t think it’s that deep. “I feel ill. Give me pill” and the doctor give something that cures syphilis, so it must be good.
Yeah also generic anti-virals don’t exist like they do as antibiotics. There’s no cure for the common cold.