IL6 and acute respiratory distress syndrome: In the pathophysiology of the SARS-CoV2-induced ARDS, IL-6 is of a particular importance; it promotes a clearance of the virus by neutrophils, triggers an accumulation of fluid and immune cells including neutrophils in the lung, causes a serious endothelial dysfunction, and induces an intestinal, olfactory, ocular inflammation causing diarrhea, anosmia, and conjunctivitis, the extra-pulmonary signs of COVID-19 [199,200].