Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract. Without timely treatment, sepsis can rapidly lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused hundreds of millions of infections, millions of deaths, and disrupted daily life worldwide1. Thanks to the combined work of countless scientists, medical professionals, and epidemiologists, we have rapidly learned about the pathogenesis, prevention,
