TNF and COVID-19: This noteworthy inflammation in patients with COVID‐19 and significant changes in the numbers of inflammatory cells and mediators were also observed in other studies, especially severe changes known as a cytokine storm,16, 17 which Li et al referred to as “viral sepsis.”18 Investigations of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid by Zhou et al demonstrated that hypercytokinemia and pro‐inflammatory pathways were mediated by interleukins and TNF‐α in patients with COVID‐19.19