Chikungunya Vaccine: Now you don’t see it, now you don't

The triple AAA-rated protection agency

What would the two old geezers do without the enablers and the UK Health Scare Agency? We would walk our dogs, discuss the sex of angels and watch some stand-up comics nursing our beer for a few laughs.

Nah, we don’t have to.

Hawk Eye 2 sent us this story: Chikungunya vaccine (IXCHIQ) temporarily paused in people aged 65 and over as precautionary measure. This is a precautionary measure while the MHRA conducts the safety review.

Well, good for the enabling MHRA, they are doing their job:  v (that’s an AAA rating) to protect the citizens of the United Kingdom. 

Chikungunya virus is a nasty arthropod-borne disease, against which IXCHIQ was enabled in February 2025 by the enablers who are restricting its license because:

Not suspended, restricted, or paused, as the title reports.

So what’s funny? This statement:

There will be no impact on operational issues as this vaccine is not yet available in the UK, and therefore, there is no immediate safety concern.

Instead of doing a proper job on, say, …