I'm not a software engineer and I used to work in several sectors of healthcare (emergency medicine and family practice). The drug target against rhinovirus already exists and I was explaining why it's not yet on the market. A drug (with potential side effects or allergies) against maybe 10% of 200 some odd common cold viruses (which typically have very little impact) isn't that useful, and I don't know any physicians that would consider it acceptable practice to order and incur the expense of a test and then write a prescription to address an issue that will resolve itself in just a few days anyway.

That's not to say it might not be worth it for someone with COPD, lung disease or serious immunocompromise or something, but you seem to be lacking a pragmatic understanding of the situation described, yet you're readily criticizing me on the basis of an (incorrect) ad hominem argument.

Tamiflu is a much better example than Nyquil (which you offered up earlier) where it does make sense. But in that case, influenza typically lasts longer, it's more serious, it's much easier to diagnose, and the potential complications are much more severe and likely. It's probably more prevalent as well.