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Coronavirus lifestyles of the rich and famous: how the 1% are coping

While the rest of us face the pandemic, the wealthy are donning face masks, boarding private jets and heading for the hillsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage
Flight is the super-rich’s preferred response to the pandemic, but only if they don’t have to rub shoulders with the plebs. Photograph: Flashpop/Getty Images

Coronavirus may have no respect for social, racial or professional boundaries, but even during a pandemic, as F Scott Fitzgerald observed, the very rich “are different from you and me”.

While most of us are panicking about having enough toilet paper or whether we can work from home those with the means are making other arrangements.

Private aviation

Given the choice of fight or flight, with as much as a tenfold increase in bookings, allowing travelers to avoid large hubs identified as entry-points for coronavirus and avoid contact with strangers.

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