State whether the following statement is true or false:
Antibiotics commonly block biochemical pathways important for bacteria. However,viruses do not use these pathways at all,which is the reason why antibiotics do not work against viral infections.

(TRUE) True. Antibiotics are designed to target specific biochemical pathways,such as cell wall synthesis or protein synthesis,which are essential for bacterial survival. Since viruses do not possess these cellular structures or metabolic pathways and instead hijack the host cell's machinery to replicate,antibiotics are ineffective against them.