If you express a dissenting view, you "don't care if older people/HCPs/kids die"
There's this.
But there's also a strong "if you don't agree you are stupid".
That's where it reminds me of Brexit. I was (still am, in as much as it matters) totally opposed to Brexit. But I detest the know-it-all superiority complex of a lot of the Remainer discourse online. There is a huge element of snobbery involved, calling working class men gammons etc.
I was a total PITA teenager with very strong opinions and a firm conviction that people who disagreed with me were stupid. Luckily I had a Dad who enjoyed my strong convictions enough to help me see that it is extremely foolish to presume stupidity or malign motives of your opponents in an argument.
People with a strong belief in their own intelligence and objectivity are taking up very clear positions on this, which is an odd thing to do in a situation where so much is uncertain and unknown.
A few months ago they were expert in multilateral negotiations and now they know everything about epidemiology.
It was fascinating to watch that thread yesterday about the R number in London and the number who came on to pour scorn on a mainstream news story they hadn't heard yet.
These are the types of people my timelines are full of, because my friends are mostly lefty intellectuals. It's kind of mortifying to watch this play out and the rush to certainty.
It's like their first impulse has been to shore up their own sense of still being right about everything.