A recent study comparing innate immune response to Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in nasal washes from infected adults suggested an important difference in innate immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection [57], with decreased IFN-associated transcripts in neutrophils, macrophages and epithelial cells compared with influenza-infected individuals, and decreased epithelial cell-cell interactions. The gene discussed is IFNA1; the disease is influenza.