Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first emerged in Wuhan, China, and has rapidly spread across the globe. COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and, as of August 7, 2020, there have been ∼19 million reported cases and 700 thousand deaths [1]. The only treatment thus far to demonstrate a reduction in mortality of severe COVID-19 is dexamethasone [2]. The antiviral remdesivir has been shown to reduce hospital length of stay [3]. Therefore, identifying successful therapeutic strategies still remains a major ongoing challenge.