KUDOS to the article on antimicrobial resistance (Battle of the bugs, Fit4Life, April 10).
For too long now, we have accorded antibiotics a god-like status in the misguided belief that it will cure all our infections. The fact remains that more than 90% of upper respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses and do not need antibiotic treatment.
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