id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-287129-g2zdv5dc Sowerby, Leigh J. Reply to: Correspondence – International Registry of Otolaryngologist – Head and Neck Surgeons with COVID‐19 2020-08-22 .txt text/plain 628 45 65 title: Reply to: Correspondence – International Registry of Otolaryngologist – Head and Neck Surgeons with COVID‐19 As we write this letter in reply, nineteen percent of all cases of COVID-19 reported in Mexico are in healthcare workers and our colleagues in Otolaryngology have not been spared. The risk of death for healthcare workers in Mexico is four times higher than in the United States and this is related and attributable to restricted access to PPE. Dr. Turner does an excellent job in summarizing the currently established risk for HCWs. He did not include a prospective observational study from the UK looking at 9,800 employees found that those working in COVID-facing areas had a higher rate than those elsewhere (21.2% vs. Letter to the Editor re: International Registry of Otolaryngologist -Head and Neck Surgeons with COVID-19. Differential occupational risks to healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2: A prospective observational study COVID-19 infections among Healthcare Workers and Transmission within Households ./cache/cord-287129-g2zdv5dc.txt ./txt/cord-287129-g2zdv5dc.txt