IL6 and autoimmune disease: Given these recent reports and the strong biologic possibility that more severe SARS- CoV-2 infection, with higher circulating concentrations of inflammatory cytokines (e.g., interleukin-6) and cytokine storm syndromes in some, may be more strongly linked to triggering of new autoimmune disease, we aimed to investigate the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and incident autoimmune diseases [24].