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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA private island off the coast of Miami paid $30,000 for 1,800 coronavirus antibody tests
while the rest of the US struggles to obtain any tests at all. Here's how America's richest ZIP code did it.The only way to get to the richest place in the US is by ferry or private yacht, if you have one.
As a 39-year-old father of two who lives on Fisher Island told Business Insider, "Living on the island has one benefit: No one you don't want can come inside. The ferry is the only way in." The resident works in the car industry and didn't wish to be named.
Fisher Island, a 216-acre members-only island off the coast of Miami, is home to 800 families with an average income of $2.2 million, making it the wealthiest ZIP code in the US, according to Bloomberg.
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On April 13, Fisher Island exploded onto the national news scene when Charles Rabin and Aaron Leibowitz of the Miami Herald reported that the island had obtained coronavirus antibody testing for all of its residents and staff. What unfolded over the next four days was a spotlight on the ultrawealthy Florida enclave that raised outrage from local officials, but, more than anything, highlighted yet another way in which money is making all the difference in how people in America are weathering the coronavirus pandemic.
https://news.yahoo.com/private-island-off-coast-miami-150700198.html
This is why we cannot leave testing to the private sector like many Republicans say we should do.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)to explain that deal to the public.
jimfields33
(15,948 posts)Only way to get these tests and equipment. I think its do these you can with whatever you can to save lives.
gibraltar72
(7,511 posts)where a swell from a drug company or something like that had brought in 8000 kits so everyone could be tested, He wouldn't want to be among the unwell.
SKKY
(11,821 posts)...moreover, no doubt Gaetz had something to do with this.
jimfields33
(15,948 posts)Why wouldnt he get himself and others In Pensacola la the supplies.
SKKY
(11,821 posts)...But by that same token, I have no doubt Gaetz would do this if some of those 800 residents promised to donate to his campaign.
jimfields33
(15,948 posts)So many creeps hard to keep up with the names. Have a great one!!!!
sop
(10,243 posts)The ferry at the Miami Beach end of MacArthur Causeway, the one that crosses Government Cut and takes cars and passengers out to and back from Fisher Island, was always full of workers and tradesmen going to and coming from their jobs on the island. The wealthiest zip code in the US couldn't function for a hour if not for all the maids, cooks, doormen, restaurant workers, security guards, gardeners, maintenance workers, car valets, delivery drivers and all the other working class folks out on Fisher Island.
These billionaires better plan on testing everyone who sets foot on Fisher Island, every single day, if they want to remain untouched by C-19. The ultra-wealthy rely on others more than any other group to maintain their plush lifestyles.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I seem to remember that.
sop
(10,243 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)friend one day while up in the Miami area.
Unbelievable houses (those that you could see).