NFKB1 and COVID-19: This exaggerated NF-κB-triggered proinflammatory response in acute COVID-19 is shared also with other acute respiratory viral infections caused by the highly pathogenic influenza A virus of H1N1 (e.g., Spanish flu) and H5N1 (avian flu origin), SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV [40,41,42,43,44,45,46].