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Re:The epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavi... by yummybear on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:25AM (#22945272)
To be fair, in the nordic languages "middle of" something can mean "we're in the midst of an epidemic" or "we in an ongoing epidemic".
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Re:The epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavi... by eythian on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:45AM (#22946085)
This also is the same in English. Colloquially it just means you're not at the beginning or the end. "I'm in the middle of the forest" doesn't mean you're at the centre.
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