Very cool, if true

At the very least, there are two Level-3 biolabs in New Orleans and a cluster of three in nearby Covington. They have been working with anthrax, mousepox, HIV, plague, etc. There are surely other labs in the city.

It says here.

There's a fascinating discussion here of the fact that New Orleans had no kind of organised evacuation of people who couldn't afford to evacuate themselves.  Scary stuff.