Question 1) Sweden has seen very few deaths and they didn't close schools or allow gatherings of 500 people or more and are doing substantially better than the US

Thats because its the middle of winter in Sweden, its dark most of the day and no one travels there

Question 2) Why was Italy hurt so badly by this disease.

Because so many people travelled there from Wuhan China were it started.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!