![]() “We wanted to choose a place that was considered a cultural landmark that is reflective of those tenets and beliefs.” “Africans and enslaved populations would use as a space to congregate and it became a symbol of freedom and autonomy,” Hébert-Magee said. Shantel Hébert-Magee, New Orleans’ regional medical director at LDH, said the site of the hub was chosen specifically to be inclusive and reflective of the community. Health officials established the Southern Decadence Health Hub ahead of the weekend’s festivities as a pop-up vaccination site in the historical Louis Armstrong Park. ![]() But this weekend, the Louisiana Department of Health, the New Orleans Department of Health and the CDC promoted a different message: Anyone can get the virus, and anyone at high risk of exposure to it can, and should, get vaccinated. That data has led some to believe that monkeypox is a problem only for the LGBTQ community. Hundreds of thousands of people descended upon the city for the annual LGBTQ festival over Labor Day weekend. Shalina Chatlani/Gulf States Newsroom Southern Decadence revelers gather outside of Oz, a dance club in the 800 block of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Sept.
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