IFNA1 and infection: They work to reduce the rate of virus production and spread of the infection.67, 73, 74 In addition, these type I IFNs promote the local inflammatory response 75, 76, 77, 78, 79and IFN‐α has anti‐inflammatory properties.80, 81 However, influenza viruses can antagonize the IFN response within infected epithelial cells, which is primarily mediated by its non‐structural protein, NS1.82, 83