T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokines, which along with pro‐type 2 mediators IL‐25 and IL‐33, are induced in the lower airways of asthma patients during experimental RV‐16 infection7, 11, 12, 13 and have been shown to impair innate IFN responses.14, 15. Here, IFNA1 is linked to asthma.