Now, the standard protocol for upper and lower respiratory infections is antibiotics. Many doctors here in Florida are REFUSING TO GIVE THEM. They are trying to force a phony test that gives them permission not to treat the patients. Same thing happened to my mother the next day. They gave her prednisone instead of zpak. Really? She's 74. Same thing going in Sarasota Memorial Hospital. They are venting the patients and refusing to give antibiotics.