This reclusive Marin County town is testing everybody for coronavirus

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Starting Monday, a privately-funded guerrilla-style operation will be underway to test the entire town of 1,680 people for the deadly virus. It’s an extraordinarily rare privilege at a time when most of the country is desperate to get a handle on the extent of infection, but hamstrung by a lack of available tests.

But this time, instead of counterculture hippies taking the lead, it’s the high-tech multimillionaires — including a venture capitalist whose wife founded Flickr, a biotech entrepreneur and the founder of Zynga games — who either live or have weekend homes in this reclusive Northern California village an hour north of San Francisco.

This reclusive Marin County town is testing everybody for coronavirus

Like the isolated, wealthy communities of Telluride, Colorado, and Fisher Island, Florida, Bolinas has leveraged its wealth and connections — and an enthusiastic cadre of local volunteers &#8…

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