For the unvaccinated for covid 19. A short question.

spookycat said:
I've had bouts of Candida before that are supposed to be treated with antifungals, however if I had a scrip for antibiotics for something else, it would wipe out the Candida better. Sometimes I think there's things they aren't telling us.
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I gave your post a "like", but I found your experience very different from mine. Anytime I've had to take an extended round of antibiotics, that's when I got Candida, then have to apply antifungal (Nystatin). Maybe some of us have varied reactions.
 

chic said:
Maye you're thinking of Penicillin. My family doctor always prescribed Erythromycin for viruses. It always worked and I still use it for that if necessary.
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When I was young, many times my doctors did the same thing... it's rarely done these days for whatever reasons... perhaps silly (to me anyway) ...
Long time ago, many doctors would prescribe antibiotics when dealing with viral infections because viral infections are often accompanied by secondary bacterial ones. They always helped me back then... but these days, docs treat me like I'm uninformed/mistaken...at best?? idk
 
Sunny said:
The trouble is, unless you are a hermit living alone on a desert island, your decision to be vaccinated (or not) against a deadly disease can potentially affect everyone with whom you come in contact.
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In some cases, yes. Less so for Covid now, it seems. I get vacc'd to prevent more serious levels of illness should I contract Covid. Like the pneumonia, flu and shingles vaccines, these are more about self protection.
 
I took three Covid vaccines and I was very grateful to be able to get it early on because I have asthma and it was really hitting people’s respiratory systems. I had a good friend die a few months before the vaccine became available.

Now, luckily, Covid has migrated to be weaker and it’s also not hitting people‘s respiratory systems. Still I read 350 people a week in the United States die from Covid. I no longer feel the need to get a Covid vaccine because it’s so much milder and I never get a flu shot either.
 
StarSong said:
I've never gotten antibiotics to combat viruses - only for bacterial infections like UTIs, strep, ear infections, etc.
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Exactly. (y)

For less dangerous viral diseases antibiotics are a waste of money. For potentially fatal diseases we need antivirals designed to kill the viruses. I'm not sure but I think it is possible that a different antiviral might be needed for different viruses. Vaccination is the first line of defence for deadly viruses.

Antibiotics should be used sparingly to prevent bacteria adapting and mutating.
 
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