Reflecting the increasing division in Current Year America in general, the views on the coof seem to be polarizing between 2 views:
The Narrative:
The coof is a deadly superplague that came from bat soup in China. The science experts - in good faith - say that everyone needs to take the totally effective vaccine and wear the totally effective mask. Lockdowns and "temporary" closures are also needed because it's a deadly superpague. Ditto for the new variants. Those dang dirty alt-right science deniers are the reason the coof is spreading.
The "conspiracy theory":
The coof was likely created by a lab in Wuhan. It's like a mutated flu or cold with a low lethality rate, usually posing a threat only to those in poor health - just like the regular flu. But corrupt globalist elite, seeing an opportunity to grab more power, spread fearmongering on the media and "social" media to convince people that the coof is a deadly superplague. Lockdowns and "temporary" closures to limit freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, demoralize and divide the "serfs", and centralize the economy (small businesses shutting down). "Face masks" because they're dehumanizing - they tyrants seem to have this BDSM fetish thing seeing the "serfs" wear them - and they're like a security blanket. The ineffective "vaccine" for who knows what (likely money and power), but they want everyone jabbed. New variants and exaggerated new cases provide endless excuses to keep the scam going indefinitely. Also Orange Man Bad.
Also there's the fringe Batshit Insane: No coof, it's 5G or aliens or something, and vaccines contain microchips, nanotech, or 666.
Like I said, had the coof happened 10 years ago, it likely would've just blown over like the swine and bird flus.
Whatever you believe on this whole coronavirus thing, I think most of us want it to blow over someday.