I don't know, unless the virus caused a bacterial infection. Like, sometimes you can get the flu, which is viral, but then wind up with a bacterial infection because your immune system is weakened? Either that, or they are a) dumb doctors or b) so used to people demanding some kind of medication that they hand out antibiotics like tic tacs, thus creating superbugs like MRSA.
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Date: 2009-09-21 05:32 pm (UTC)Who knows?