Here was another response to my question from an anonymous individual:
Either way, to boost your immune system can't hurt!!
Mr. or Ms. Anonymous; I agree with you as well. When we are sick, boosting the immune system is always the way to go. You may also agree me; taking antibiotics will never be a way to boost the immune system.
When it is necessary to take antibiotics, one takes them and then one must rebuild the immune system later. This is why it is suggested to eat lots of yogurt during and after treatment with antibiotics (although yogurt isn't the only way or even the best way to rebuild probiotics). Antibiotics are necessary to kill very strong bugs that are very difficult or impossible to fight otherwise; but NOT to increase our immune system. In fact, antibiotics hurt the immune system unfortunately. The probiotics in our system is a part of our immune system. Often it is part of our first line of defense; antibiotics KILL them along with the bacterial monsters.
I'm not saying that no one should ever take antibiotics, they are sometimes a necessary evil. I am saying that they are often unnecessarily prescribed such as when they are prescribed for acute bronchitis which is a viral infection.
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