TNF and COVID-19: CMV also stimulates the production and release of the same chemokines and cytokines that were found to be elevated in COVID-19 patients and to be involved in the cytokine storm—such as MCP-1, MIP-1α, IP10, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17, G-CSF, GM-CSF, and TNF-α [112,114,115].