USO would loved to have had fans attend but was forbidden to do so by Governor Cuomo and the NY Health Department, despite the fact that NYC daily cases are far lower than Paris.
NYC: Zero fans.
Paris: 11,500 fans per day X 14 days during a huge spike in cases.
What does it tell us?

It tells us us that the French Federation are willing to sacrifice a few hundred deaths and hospitalizations in order to put on a tournament with fan attendance.
This is the highest single-day count in the country since the start of the pandemic.
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