I heard about this over 15 years ago on the radio program Living on Earth (http://www.loe.org/ http://www.loe.org/) while I was in college. It is very true, eve

I heard about this over 15 years ago on the radio program Living on Earth (http://www.loe.org/ http://www.loe.org/) while I was in college. It is very true, even if the story is slightly inaccurate. We really need to stop prescribing and taking antibiotics for things that are clearly viral infections. At the time I heard the story, I went to the student health center (at ISU) and asked one of the doctors about prescribing antibiotics (amoxicillin was the drug of choice at the time) when students clearly have a viral infection, and that antibiotics are not going to do anything. He completely agreed, but he said, "If we don't prescribe something, we'll have angry parents calling to complain."