Conversely, SARS-CoV-2 infection has also been proposed to trigger new-onset diabetes.3, 4, 5,9 Several reports have drawn attention to new-onset diabetes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19,10, 11, 12, 13 which some have speculated may be the direct result of viral infection of insulin producing β cells, although SARS-CoV-2 viral particles have not been identified in β cells.14 The gene discussed is INS; the disease is COVID-19.