Comparison of patients who did and did not have significant increase in thyroid volume (Table 3) showed that patients with significant increase in thyroid volume had higher SARS-CoV-2 viral load in acute COVID-19 (p = 0.004), lower CRP in acute COVID-19 (p = 0.014) and less dexamethasone use (p = 0.010). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is COVID-19.