{"id":47509,"date":"2020-08-16T00:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/super-rich-party-it-up-during-covid-19-the-poor-persons-virus\/"},"modified":"2020-08-16T00:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T21:50:00","slug":"super-rich-party-it-up-during-covid-19-the-poor-persons-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-rich-party-it-up-during-covid-19-the-poor-persons-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"#Super rich party it up during COVID-19, the \u2018poor person\u2019s virus\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Super rich party it up during COVID-19, the \u2018poor person\u2019s virus\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 15, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 5:50pm           <\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"slideshow-16140768-1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"yacht\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/yacht.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are spotted on their yacht while in the Greek sea on Koufonisia Island\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/tom-hanks-rita-greece.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson on their yacht  in the Greece.                                                           <\/p>\n<p>BACKGRID\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                Up Next\n                <\/p>\n<article target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/15\/sleep-helps-prevent-future-memory-loss-study\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <picture><source data- data- media=\"(min-width: 640px)\"  ><source data- data- media=\"(max-width: 639px)\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/img><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/15\/sleep-helps-prevent-future-memory-loss-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Remember \u2014 or at least, if you want to be&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        While the rest of us hunker down, forgo our vacations and family reunions, and suffer from maskne (the acne that comes with wearing a mask) \u2014 in the world of the uber-rich, it\u2019s very, very different.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the coronavirus still killing 1,000 people a day in America and unemployment is at an all-time high, billionaire are throwing parties, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing on private jets, luxuriating on yachts around the world, buying citizenship in \u201csafe\u201d countries and having fun on $12,000 motorized surfboards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoronavirus is a poor person\u2019s virus,\u201d one wealthy Silicon Valley denizen told Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n<p>And while the majority of the country is tightening their belts, the rich have become richer with billionaires becoming 10% wealthier during the COVID-19 crisis \u2014 and they\u2019re starting to live in a parallel universe than the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p>Among the worst violators is Travis Kalanick, the bro-founder of Uber, who has been throwing multiple outdoor parties at his $43 million Los Angeles estate (even at the height of the city\u2019s outbreak) while another unnamed billionaire has also been partying but allows people inside \u2014 after they\u2019ve taken a 15-minute, rapid fire COVID-19 test administered by a registered nurse.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, billionaire David Geffen has been hanging on his yacht, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are cruising Greece in another yacht after receiving \u201chonorary\u201d citizenship, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> overlord Mark Zuckerberg has been trolling the waters off Hawaii in a $12,000 surfboard, Jeff Bezos and his lady friend have been (multiple) house-hunting, buying up millions of dollars in property in Los Angeles to build a compound while traveling via private jet to several cities around the country, former Mayor Bloomberg splashed out $45 million on a Colorado compound (joining a host of other billionaires buying in that state as well as Montana and Wyoming); and others are spending millions to buy citizenship in \u201csafe\u201d countries like New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to Vanity Fair, \u201cone investor worth several billion who has several homes told a friend \u2014who then parlayed the information to me in tones of shock and awe and more than a tinge of jealousy\u2014that he was in Miami when the numbers were lowest at the start of the pandemic; hopped over to Los Angeles when Florida got a bit dicey; and now that California is a hotbed, is in New York enjoying the season\u2019s outdoor dining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these rich people can\u2019t stop themselves,\u201d a person who is close to a number of wealthy tech CEOs and venture capitalists told the magazine. \u201cThey just can\u2019t stop themselves from throwing parties and going on their jets and socializing as if everything was normal.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Living <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; 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