• Denjin@feddit.uk
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    1 hour ago

    There are drugs to help lessen the symptoms of the flu, paracetamol in particular, but having antibiotics to cure a viral disease will not help in any statistically significant way, barring the placebo effect.

    It’s believing that playing easy listening radio at a forest fire helps it burn out quicker. Sure there may be times when it appears like it’s helped, but in reality it has done nothing.