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authors: Erdem, Hakan; Lucey, Daniel R.
title: Letter to Editor in response to Dr. Gupta
date: 2021-01-29
journal: Int J Infect Dis
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.052
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2 countries from their reliable sources. Hence, our paper was not an outcome analysis examining the factors contributing to mortality among HCWs, but the descriptive data from reliable sources in the participating countries. Of note, we did not have any age-related data, or co-morbidity data, to include in our report.

Lastly, we would like to take this opportunity to emphasize that we did not present data on mortality rates according to gender. This applies both to doctors and nurses. Thus, we would avoid speculative explanations referenced by Dr. Gupta, whether hormonal or behavioral, in the absence of any data in our publication on gender-specific mortality rates.

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