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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
Bronze_Moose
Since: Jan, 2015

It was a short story about a pair of doctors who discovered a virus that made people more likely to be charitable, like how toxoplasmosis makes rats more likely to be friendly with cats (who would then eat the rats). For example, the infected would be more likely to work at homeless shelters, donate to the poor, or *go to a blood drive*. They're just about ready to publish, when an extremely deadly, yet unrelated, disease breaks out and kills one of the doctors. The other doctor decides not to publish, because the charity virus is the only reason the hospitals are getting enough blood, but also a badge saying that, if he gets hurt, not to give him any blood. The story ends there.
I'd greatly appreciate to find the title and author, please.