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Are there antibiotics that could work to prevent infection by the novel coronavirus?
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No: Antibiotics are effective against bacteria. They do NOT treat viruses. So if you have any antibiotics left over from a past bacterial infection that you did not take, though you should have, throw them out.
Answered 4/28/2020
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No: Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections. SARS-Cov-2 (The COVID 19 virus) is not a bacteria.
Answered 5/27/2020
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