Question

Most of the antibiotics have no effect on viruses because *

1 point

1.they kill all bacteria which form host of virus.

2.viruses are too small in size for antibiotics to act on them.

3.viruses have no metabolism of their own.

4.viruses produce a thick covering and endospores.​

Answer 1

Antibiotics cannot kill viruses because bacteria and viruses have different mechanisms and machinery to survive and replicate. The antibiotic has no “target” to attack in a virus. However, antiviral medications and vaccines are specific for viruses.