Science Challenge #3 Question 2. Is it more appropriate to treat virus infections such as chicken pox, influenza, and the common cold with an antibiotic or with aspirin? ANSWER: Aspirin (Antibiotics are effective only against bacterial infections such as whooping cough, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, pneumonia, and bacterial infection of deep cuts and animal bites.) Correct responses received from: Jennifer LeBlanc, Leonard Sturges, Dawn Jenkins Klus, Larry Coleman, Len Padilla, John DeCarvalho, Nikki S., Mike Gurnee, Jonathan Estill, Lauren Boyle, Simon Evans, Dana Mackenzie, Peter Hance, Mark Baysinger, Eric Krejci, Carol Wynters, Chris & Elizabeth Hubbard