41% of adults think antibiotics kill viruses
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Most British adults know when not to use antibiotics, but a sizeable minority have the wrong idea.
By William Jordan
David Cameron recently drew attention to the growing threat of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, saying the failure to act could cast the world ‘back into the dark ages of medicine’. MPs have also warned that antibiotics have come to be treated as a ‘cure-all’ and called for new steps to stop doctors and vets from prescribing them when they are not essential. Antibi...
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