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As coronavirus sweeps the globe, halting the stock market, putting entire countries into quarantine and causing runs on Purell, the wealthy are better prepared than most — and they’re waiting out the pandemic in paradise.

While money can’t yet buy vaccines for COVID-19, it can buy luxurious amenities to stave off doomsday anxiety and make isolation more comfortable. For rich New Yorkers, that means summer has come early.

“We’re headed to the Hamptons with my whiskey and Lysol wipes,” Upper East Sider Julie Macklowe tells Bloomberg, adding that her kids will be having FaceTime playdates from here on out.

East Hampton grocers are girding for an increase in orders, and some believe the pandemic may prove a good opportunity for Hamptons residents to learn how to prepare their own food.

“Maybe they’ll learn to cook over spring break,” East End resident and investment banker Brett McGonegal tells Bloomberg.

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Well-off New Yorkers who don’t already own residences in the pricey vacation hamlet are quickly trying to secure one — at any price.

“I’ve gotten so many requests to rent right now, as soon as possible,” Compass broker Victoria Shtainer says of the extremely high offers she’s gotten for her Southampton home, which is currently for sale. “Crazy amounts offered,” she says of what people are willing to pay.

Accommodations in a Cold War bunker and private jets are also now in high demand thanks to the novel and even faster-traveling virus.

And even though there’s not yet a cure for COVID-19, the wealthy are still desperately trying to get their hands on one.

Aspen, Colorado-based doctor Tim Kruse tells Bloomberg, “The wealthy aren’t going to necessarily have access to things that the common person is not going to have access to,” but he has still had a number of the patients he makes house calls to ask him if they can get coronavirus vaccines. “The answer is no. They just want to know,” says Kruse.

Meanwhile, the less than well-to-do are making the most of currently cheap airfare so they can at least travel, even if it’s not to a stocked underground shelter or the Hamptons.