There will be no vaccine. Coronaviruses have never had vaccines.
We have had (with varying degrees of success) functional
coronavirus vaccines in animals for some time. Obviously a far cry from developing a vaccine for this coronavirus and doing it for humans, but to make a blanket statement that such a thing isn't possible is needlessly fearmongering. It's a slow process. The 12-18 month timeline is a Herculean effort and that target might be missed, but that's not to say we can't get there.
that it’s a slightly more deadly flu
COVID-19 is not a "slightly more deadly flu.
old peeps (insanely easy to replace, BTW...ladies...are you up to the challenge? Not to graphic but this wholly and solely you bailiwick) are gonna die
Wat.