The one percent are handling social distancing in their own special way.

The rich in America met the news of the pandemic by taking private plane rides out of town, or planning for some top-shelf medical care. 

Others went off on their private yachts to enjoy a little break from the chaos of the land.

Before he deleted it, billionaire David Geffen’s Instagram account was where you went for some motivation to get on that revolution.

His yacht, an unnecessarily large floating palace, has played host to the likes of Oprah, Leonardo DiCaprio and supermodel Karlie Kloss.

Now, as that same Instagram account made clear, it has been transformed into the perfect little hideaway from COVID-19.

Over to The Guardian:

Geffen, net worth $7.7bn according to Forbes, sent a virtual postcard to his 84,000 Instagram followers on Saturday morning, to let them know he too was feeling the hardships of enforced solitude.

“Sunset last night…” Geffen wrote, to accompany a travel brochure-quality photograph of his vessel resting at anchor in the picturesque Caribbean sea.

“Isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the virus. I hope everybody is staying safe.”

That post, and another recent post about where he is in the world right now, here:

Who thought this would be a good idea? Who?

Shem. Must be tough.

Predictably, Geffen’s show of supposed solidarity with the rest of the world didn’t go down well with those who can’t afford to sail off into the sunrise while the pandemic spreads.

“David Geffen sends a message: You poor plebs can suck it. It’s fabulous to be rich! Look at me!” stock market analyst Sven Henrich wrote on Twitter.

Others referred to the Geffen’s background as a producer and record label owner who has worked with hundreds of big-name artists.

“There’s a reason people thought Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain was about David Geffen,” one Twitter user wrote, referring to the decades-long guessing game over the protagonist of the singer’s 1972 hit.

I’m sure he’s putting a lot of thought into what he did while social distancing on this deck:

Stay healthy, stay home, and stay humble, comrades.

[source:guardian]