Rich and famous stars don’t have to follow the same coronavirus rules that we do

[Andy Meek]

• New York has a pretty strict coronavirus quarantine requirement for out-of-towners who visit from any of 34 restricted states.
• Because coronavirus infection rates are still above 10% in those areas, those visitors are supposed to quarantine for 14 days when they visit New York to ensure that they don't have COVID-19.
• However, an exemption is being made for celebrities visiting NYC in the coming days for the 2020 VMAs.

Some of the biggest stars in the music industry like Arianna Grande and Lady Gaga are descending on New York City ahead of the 2020 VMAs, set to take place on August 30. But unlike the tens of thousands of visitors the city is getting right now from out-of-towners flying in or driving from any of 34 states on a restricted list -- based on data showing places where average coronavirus infection rates top 10% -- the rich and famous won't have to abide by NYC's strict 14-day coronavirus quarantine rule for visitors.

As things stand now, visitors to NYC from those 34 states (including Florida and California) have to quarantine themselves for 14 days. The same goes for New Yorkers, who are supposed to quarantine themselves for that same timespan when they return to the city from a state on that restricted list. Officials there are taking the issue so seriously that New York Gov Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order stipulating that anyone found in violation of the quarantine rule could be subject to a fine of up to $10,000 or as many as 15 days in jail. So what about the VMA-related exemption?

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