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    There could be a couple;

    • Italians probably go out and about more than most other Europeans during the weekend
    • Italians have a different understanding of personal space than most other Europeans
    • Northern-Italy is a hotspot for tourism (take Venice & Milan i.e.) so it'll see a lot of traffic and therefore increased risk
    • Northern-Italy is also the place to be to for any substantial Italian company, so it'll likely see more visitors from abroad in a smaller region compared to other countries
    • Italy is probably more strict / has started earlier in checking inhabitants and visitors
    • Not to be neglected, Italians are great in overreacting to a situation as well
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    Stereotype or not, it's simply what I see happening here.

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    The rumour I heard was that it was just a very early case in Italy, before anyone had thought it was much of a problem outside of Wuhan. The patient was elderly and sick, and no-one thought it could be coronavirus, but was visited by lots of friends relatives, died and then there was a large funeral where many of the people who were infected from visiting the patient passed it on to others.

    Again, it's just a rumour but it doesn't seem to contradict anything.

    In other words, there was nothing specific about it being in Italy, it just happened to be there and happened before people were more aware of it being a highly contagious illness.

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