*Newsweek continues to amaze.* *Although the Netherlands is also seeing a spike in "cases," the Dutch* *government will not mandate mask-wearing, as—like New Zealand's* *Ministry of Health—they've seen no **evidence that masks prevent * *transmission of COVID-19:* https://news.yahoo.com/dutch-government-not-advise-public-180223717.html
*MCM* Sweden, Which Never Had Lockdown, Sees COVID-19 Cases Plummet as Rest of Europe Suffers Spike BY SOO KIM <https://www.newsweek.com/authors/soo-kim> ON 7/30/20 AT 8:43 AM EDT https://www.newsweek.com/sweden-which-never-had-lockdown-sees-covid-19-cases-plummet-rest-europe-suffers-spike-1521626 Amid fears over a potential second wave of the novel coronavirus across Europe <https://www.newsweek.com/europe-fears-coronavirus-second-wave-amid-spikes-spain-france-germany-1520700>, new infections in Sweden, where full lockdown measures were not implemented <https://www.newsweek.com/sweden-coronavirus-deaths-children-lockdown-1502548>, have mostly declined since late June. The number of new cases per 100,000 people in Sweden reported over the last 14 days since July 29 dropped by 54 percent from the figure reported over 14 days prior to then, according to the latest report Wednesday from the World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, other parts of Europe have reported large spikes in new cases <https://www.newsweek.com/europe-coronavirus-cases-are-rising-fastest-these-countries-1521260> over the same period, including Spain, France, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands, which have seen increases between 40 and 200 percent over the last month, according to the latest WHO report Wednesday. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W-ootsxDnrW4OrX%3DU3-J9eDXmX01qP0O6oL6tE8eVS-Xw%40mail.gmail.com.
