The complications associated with such infections are often attributed to hyperinduction of pro‐inflammatory cytokine production, and in severe cases leads to a phenomenon called as “cytokine storm.”5, 6, 7, 8 High levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), cytokines, and chemokines were determined in cytokine storm events pertinent to influenza and more recently with SARS‐CoV‐2 patients.9, 10, 11. This evidence concerns the gene TNF and influenza.