Officials test mass vaccine distribution with free flu shot event (Source: unsplash.com) By Josh Roberson | December 11, 2020 at 5:54 AM CST - Updated December 11 at 7:17 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Friday, city and state officials will offer free flu vaccines to New Orleans residents. The walk-up event will also be used as a test run on how to distribute the coronavirus vaccine to the public when the time comes. The event will be free to the public and is obviously important as health experts have warned all year that flu season could be an even bigger problem this year in addition to the current pandemic.