Because when they announced their lockdown, people dispersed all over the place (just like us), they still continued and still continue to go out and about in crowds (just like us), they have the second largest elderly population in the world (they are 23%, UK is 18% so not far behind), they have families of different generations living together, somehow it seems to have got into and spread through care homes (we have a lot of care homes), they kiss to say hello to each other, their population have not been wearing masks and gloves like S.Koreans have (just like us)...
We will follow Italy’s trend and will have deaths like they have!