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.
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.