Of course it does.
The UK, had the perfect storm
The UK has different (bigger) numbers of people per sq km
The Uk had/has more people in and out
The UK were slower at social distancing - herd immunity will see us through.
There are still flights landing with not even a quick temp check(?)
Point 2. Most of Australia's sq km's are unoccupied and a crowded train in Melbourne is the same as a crowded train in London.
Point 3 I don't have any numbers on that.
Point 4. SD started at about the same time. Boris' herd immunity suggestion was made very early in the piece and wasn't adopted as a way of dealing
with the virus.
Point 5. I don't know about that. Travel has been stopped everywhere hasn't it, unless it's bringing expats home?
Foxtel has Sky News UK on 24/7 and I watch it regularly. Footage of deserted streets there is the same as here. Lockdown started in the UK within days of us.
Isolation started at about the same time in both countries. There doesn't seem to be enough difference in the response to the virus to make the
massive difference in the death rate.
What I am seeing is that a lot of people who are dying in the UK are younger NHS workers as well as patients and I think there must be a lot of infection happening in the workplace there.