[tallhappy]

Sure.

I think simple vaccination would be much more effective for SARS.

Why not address the flu first and foremost using FI? By far more is known about the fusion mechanism for that virus and it is a disease people get all the time.

[Logical Extinction]

There is no question that a vaccine would be the ideal solution.

Until that time, however, we need agents that will mitigate the course of this disease in the more severely affected.

As to influenza:

Amantadine and rimantadine interfere with the fusion function of hemagglutinin, (a necessary step during viral penetration of host cells).

When used to treat active influenza A disease, amantadine or
rimantadine will shorten the clinical course.