TNF and Sepsis: Growing evidence suggests that besides causing severe flu-like symptoms in humans (Harrison et al., 2020), SARS-CoV-2-driven increased morbidity is also associated with a ‘cytokine storm’ comprising surplus release of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and IFN-ɣ (Ayres, 2020; Azkur et al., 2020), triggering multiorgan failure and sepsis (Hu et al., 2021).