CD8+ T cell responses directed at the prominent HLA-A*24:02-restricted S1208−1216 epitope appear to be of similar frequency to other multimer-specific CD8+ T cells in both patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and pre-pandemic PBMCs and were characterized by diverse TCRαβ repertoire characterized by a common TCRβ motif across patients with COVID-19 (27). Here, CD8A is linked to COVID-19.