LGALS9 and HIV infectious disease: These data suggest that activation of neutrophils following SARS-CoV-2 infection results in Gal-9 shedding from neutrophils as we have shown in HIV infection (G. Dunsmore, E. Perez Rosero, S. Shahbaz, M. D. Santer, J. Jovel, P. Lacy, S. Houston, and S. Elahi, submitted for publication).