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Three patients on ventilators have received transfusions since Thursday.

Source: Coronavirus survivor donates plasma to treat COVID-19 patients in St. Louis | Coronavirus | stltoday.com

I’ve run across several similar stories, including at least one local here to Seattle. Their dedication to helping others survive is inspiring.

Captain Tom Moore, a 99-year-old WWII veteran, is walking 100 laps around his garden during the Coronavirus pandemic to raise money for the UK’s National Health Service.

Source: 99-Year-Old Veteran Is Walking Laps Around His Garden To Raise Money For NHS

Cool on many levels.

The funds will be donated to First Responders First, an initiative that provides essential supplies and equipment to medical front-line workers.

Source: Dutch Bros donating 100% of April profits to medical first responders | kgw.com

Community are helping their businesses, and businesses are helping their communities. Well done.

A group of Calgary high schoolers has launched a free hotline for seniors in self-isolation.

Source: Calgary high school students launch positive message hotline for seniors | CBC News

Pretty cool!

California breweries come together to help communities

Source: Here’s how beer that’s past its prime can help the hand sanitizer shortage

Great idea, especially using the old stuff.

The new test screens for antibodies to the virus in plasma, the liquid in blood, to provide information about a person’s immune response to an infection.

Source: Test for antibodies against novel coronavirus developed at Stanford Medicine | News Center | Stanford Medicine

Encouraging, and an important part of returning to normal.

This year, since the Zoo is closed due to the new coronavirus, the Zoo will deliver flowers to nursing homes and hospitals as well as provide virtual tours of the blooms.

Source: Cincinnati Zoo to give virtual tour of tulips, deliver to hospitals

Neat idea. Happy Easter everyone!

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Jennifer Knox would walk into her bar and soak in the sounds of people chatting while sipping on their drinks and listening to local musicians strum along on their guitars.

Source: A Georgia bar owner removed $3,714 worth of bills stapled to the walls to give to her unemployed staff – CNN

Looks like a lot of work!

This treatment can change the course of the viral outbreak.

Source: Active COVID-19 Cases Treated With Antibodies Of Recovered People Are Making 100% Recovery

Small study, so far, but approved for much wider testing and last-resort application. A game changer if it holds.

Atlanta media mogul Tyler Perry paid the grocery bills for all shoppers during senior hour Wednesday morning at 44 Kroger supermarkets in metro Atlanta and 29 Winn-Dixies in his hometown of New Orleans.

Source: Tyler Perry pays for senior-hour groceries in Atlanta, New Orleans

Not a huge Perry movie fan, but this is pretty darned cool.