When analyzing the data from a proteomic study on SARS-CoV-2 infection (Bojkova et al. 2020) we detected a peak of HSPB1 abundance at 6 h after infection, while in the data from a phospho-proteomic study (Hekman et al. 2020) we found a peak of the CK2 enzymatic activity at that same time point. This evidence concerns the gene HSPB1 and infection.