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> As New Orleans braces for a massive influx of LGBTQ community members for the annual Southern Decadence festival in the Crescent City, health officials are warning the five-day circuit party will become a major (MPXV) superspreader event.

> The Labor Day weekend gathering typically attracts 100,000-300,000 participants. It was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic.

> According to Jennifer Avegno, New Orleans health director, the federal government has agreed to give the state just 9,200 doses of the MPXV vaccine, some of which won’t arrive until the middle of September.