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HALIFAX The federal government is hoping thousands of Maritimers will be willing to sacrifice a few drops of blood to help get a better picture of just how widespread COVID-19 has been. Thousands of antibody test-kits are being mailed-out to randomly selected Canadians, and officials are urging those who get them to send-back blood samples. After more than a hundred days in a COVID-coma, Al Poirier was happy to get out of the Valley Regional in Kentville, but even now six months later he s not exactly back to old self. Well, he has some lingering side-effects in his extremities, his legs and in his hands, but overall, he s doing great, said Debra Poirier.