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A Swedish professor Cecilia Soderberg-Naucler has been harshly criticized for sharing an article on Sweden's failed coronavirus strategy not because of its content, but because it was published by RT. An exceptionally talented Swedish journalist, Lisa Magnusson, made an insightful dive into Swedish behavioral patterns in the current coronavirus crisis. The author compared state epidemiologist...
