The Boxing Ring               In a boxing match, all any pugilist has to defend himself is the power of his two arms, his two fists, and his technique. To fight the next up-and-coming   pandemic opponent, H5N1 influenza, the therapeutic boxer has been gifted two fists and the power to propel them. One of the boxer’s fists consists of “specific” antiviral drugs that were developed to directly and specifically reduce replication of a particular virus. Specific antiviral drugs are effective against only one type of virus and are essentially useless against other viral infections. Currently, specific an...