explain Swedish finding significance

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diff --git a/narratives/plague-phylogeography_plagueSCDS2020Remote.md b/narratives/plague-phylogeography_plagueSCDS2020Remote.md
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         <p style='text-align: center;'>London's East Smithfield "plague pits", Black Death.</p>
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-#### A recent study identified the plague bacterium in skeletal remains from [Sweden 4,900 years ago](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.005)[<sup>9</sup>](https://nextstrain.org/community/narratives/ktmeaton/plague-phylogeography/plagueSCDS2020Remote?n=8). This finding yet again prompts alternative hypotheses concerning the spread of the plague across Eurasia. The case is anything but closed.
+#### A recent study identified the plague bacterium in skeletal remains from [Sweden 4,900 years ago](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.005)[<sup>9</sup>](https://nextstrain.org/community/narratives/ktmeaton/plague-phylogeography/plagueSCDS2020Remote?n=8). Given that Europe was largely excluded from being a candidate origin of plague, this finding is particularly surprising. New hypotheses are constantly emerging concerning the spread of plague across Eurasia. The case is anything but closed.
 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.005">
   <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ktmeaton/plague-phylogeography/master/narratives/images/neolithic-map-1.png" width="80%">
         <p style='text-align: center;'>The Spread of Neolithic Plague [9]</p>

diff --git a/narratives/plagueSCDS2020Local.md b/narratives/plagueSCDS2020Local.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ abstract: "
         <p style='text-align: center;'>London's East Smithfield "plague pits", Black Death.</p>
 </a>
 
-#### A recent study identified the plague bacterium in skeletal remains from [Sweden 4,900 years ago](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.005)[<sup>9</sup>](http://localhost:4000/narratives/plagueSCDS2020Local?n=8). This finding yet again prompts alternative hypotheses concerning the spread of the plague across Eurasia. The case is anything but closed.
+#### A recent study identified the plague bacterium in skeletal remains from [Sweden 4,900 years ago](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.005)[<sup>9</sup>](http://localhost:4000/narratives/plagueSCDS2020Local?n=8). Given that Europe was largely excluded from being a candidate origin of plague, this finding is particularly surprising. New hypotheses are constantly emerging concerning the spread of plague across Eurasia. The case is anything but closed.
 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.005">
   <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ktmeaton/plague-phylogeography/master/narratives/images/neolithic-map-1.png" width="80%">
         <p style='text-align: center;'>The Spread of Neolithic Plague [9]</p>