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You don't even bother to open the link. And misinform others! Open and read. And I strongly suggest you delete what you have posted.
RESULTS: Unexpectedly, we found that INDO has a potent direct antiviral activity against the coronaviruses SARS-CoV and CCoV. INDO does not affect coronavirus binding or entry into host cells, but acts by blocking viral RNA synthesis at cytoprotective doses. This effect is independent of cyclooxygenase inhibition. INDO's potent antiviral activity (>1,000-fold reduction in virus yield) was confirmed in vivo in CCoV-infected dogs.
My apologies the link you posted did not work for me and as you had not quoted any extracts from the study explaining what the method of action is I looked up Indomethacin and found (as you can see from quote from drugs.com) that it is an anti-inflammatory that works through the COX enzyme inhibition. This led me to conclude that given the documented anti-viral effects of other substances such as Aspirin (another COX enzyme inhibitor) that it was the drugs primarily known method of action that was the cause of the therapeutic benefit in regards to the coronavirus.