France seems to be repeating Italy's mistake

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https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/03/11/coronavirus-a-paris-un-nombre-de-cas-largement-sous-estime_6032644_3244.html

For the non-francophones, there's a serious lack of testing and underreporting of cases. Worse yet, here in the Paris region they literally forgot to ask the addresses of the 155 people who have tested positive, which is why Paris only shows 4 cases officially.

Germany is doing 12000 tests per day and France is only doing 1000, and doesn't have any isolation policy in place other than banning large protests. (They did put up signs telling people to cough into their elbows, but that's not going to cut it.)

[DFW]

1. I was just there two days ago.

Maybe the government isn't taking it seriously, but the people sure seem to be. The trai down there was half full, if that, and the Metro has only half full as well. The streets were close to deserted as well, and the shops were really hurting.

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2. The tourist traffic is way way down

But the 10th and the 3rd look pretty much exactly like normal

[DFW]

3. I'm rarely in either, so I wouldn't know

I'm usually in the 2nd/9th

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4. Somebody's fancy!

We've got Euro Disney tickets for this weekend. Strongly considering just eating the loss, as much as I want to see the Star Wars part.

[jimfields33]

5. Might be the best time to go

Low crowds and short lines.

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6. My wife has comorbidities

So it's probably best not to take chances, particularly if France winds up looking like Italy.

[jimfields33]

7. Yes. Definitely.

Stay safe.

[MiniMe]

8. Wow, the testing thing sounds a lot like how the US is handling it.

Don't test, we look good by the numbers.