Stacey Alexander

Educator, lover of the outdoors, first wave covid longhauler, views are my own.

[Stacey Alexander @Stace_Alexander]

@AbraarKaran @lisa_iannattone

[Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong @DrPatrick]

So the Thymus produces T cells. IL-15 is a T cell growth factor.

When the Thymus is removed, there is a 2x higher chance of dying earlier of all causes according to this report. These findings are consistent with the JAMA paper that shows when ALC is less than 1,500 (low T cells) longevity is decreased with increased mortality risk from all causes.

The data is consistent:

IL-15 is a T cell growth factor and they called T cells because of the T in Thymus. And IL-15 was ranked #1 by NCI and FDA to "cure" cancer as far back as 2007.

Now this report links the Thymus (which produces T cells) to longevity - consistent with the JAMA report that 52 million Americans suffer from low T cells, called lymphopenia.

IL-15 to treat cancer, enable longevity and to overcome sepsis - Immunotherapy 2.0. Stay tuned.

Are the dots connecting that ALC matters?

JAMA Zidar 2019: "Association of Lymphopenia With Risk of Mortality Among Adults in the US General Population"
https://t.co/P8RVsZYhIi

WaPo Gift Link: "The body's most mysterious organ may play a key role in longevity and cancer. What to know about the incredible shrinking thymus"

[Long COVID Web @LongCOVIDWebCA]

Early bird rates are now available for the 2026 #LCWSymposium! Join researchers, clinicians, & people with lived experience for 2 days of research exchange, dialogue, & collaboration on #LongCOVID.

Register before June 30, 2026: https://t.co/HKSLlxnlHj

[Lara - Covid is Airborne @fillthewhole]

My sister … two total hip replacements in her 40s. No health issues prior to Covid. Not normal.

We had clues 👇🏼

[tern @1goodtern]

I've circled the part of the graph that most people call 'Covid'.

[Barry Hunt @BarryHunt008]

The 🇨🇦 Novavax story just keeps getting better!

👏👏👏

.@sanofi

[Alberto Román @alberto_roman83]

Long Covid cambia tu vida, millones de personas se ven afectadas. Las personas que padecieron SARS prolongado nunca se recuperaron 22 años después. Doctor Danny Altman 👇
https://t.co/H71CF0o7oI

[Amy Proal, PhD @microbeminded2]

This is an incredible $10M donation to our PolyBio Long COVID Cure Initiative (LCCI) Program. Funds are from the Park-Pagliuca Fund: a philanthropic collaboration between the families of Todd Park & Steve Pagliuca, each of whom have family members impacted by Long COVID

[Alberto Román @alberto_roman83]

1. Most people don't always act according to the best scientific evidence, but rather according to habit, convenience, social pressure, political messages, or risk perception. History is full of cases where the majority was wrong at first and a minority was right.

[Envidreamz @envidreamz]

They called it anxiety for 5+ years…turns out it was my heart. 💔

Long Covid can cause and hide heart disease. It happened to me.

For 5 years I was told:
“Just anxiety.”
“ECG normal.”
“Labs normal.”

Meanwhile I was in my 30s, teaching exercise classes, suddenly getting chest pain, shortness of breath, heavy/weak limbs, high blood pressure, dizziness, sudden headaches, crushing fatigue.

A NICU nurse taking my workout class noticed my lips turned cyanotic when my arms were overhead. That was the red flag.

Bubble study + TEE confirmed it. Heart surgery next month. Covid dramatically enlarged a congenital PFO and caused it to become highly symptomatic.

Heart issues don’t always look textbook. Covid affects the heart. Check the heart.

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

"We want medications for our lungs, our hearts, our stomachs, our immune systems, our brains — damaged by the Covid virus." "Real care, not cognitive behavioral therapy. Not meditation."
France, this week. At a psychologists' conference, Long Covid patients refused to be ignored. Grabbed. Pushed. Still speaking.
The full statement ⬇️ Translation: @GreeneWendy

[Barry Hunt @BarryHunt008]

"I might be coughing or sneezing but I'm not sick - why would I need a respirator?"

6% of apparently healthy people are actively shedding respiratory virus at any given time

57-93% of positive respiratory virus samples come from asymptomatic individuals

Human bacterial pathogens (S. aureus, H. influenzae, MRSA) have been detected in exhaled breath of healthy carriers

Your respiratory microbiome is real

Whether it's pathogenic to the person next to you depends on THEIR immune status, not yours

📄 Asymptomatic shedding: https://t.co/nBP4fFCv02

📄 Exhaled breath pathogens: https://t.co/cfnZxFNcO9

[Putrino Lab @PutrinoLab]

We received feedback that folks are not so eager to enter a placebo-controlled trial for fear of being in the placebo arm. So, for our trial looking at low-dose rapamycin for #LongCOVID we now have an open-label extension added to the trial so everyone gets to try it! Reach out!

[holocene @holo_cene]

great action in france, where long covid activists interrupted a long covid conference held by profs ranque and lemogne, who monopolize the field and funding for long covid research in france by framing it as psychosomatic and advocating for meditation as a treatment

[Adam @ABrokenBattery]

Excellent piece in New Scientist on exercise research in #LongCovid and #MECFS.

Highlights studies ignoring post-exertional malaise, the PACE trial, and comments from David Tuller, Tom Kindlon and Todd Davenport.

Full article:
https://t.co/MxaRUXqK7E

[Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong @DrPatrick]

#2: The Beat Goes On (April 21, 2026) - Early Stage 1, 2, & 3 Breast Cancer:

In a breaking news presentation at #AACR26 today, Dr. Aditya Bardia at UCLA that Post-COVID lymphopenia results in a 2.46-fold increased risk of distant recurrence occurs in patients with lymphopenia even in early stage breast cancer (Stage 1, 2, 3) with a p=0.009. This finding was highly significant and in contrast, patients without lymphopenia did not suffer a recurrence. An important demonstration that low NK and T cells affect the progression of the disease even in patients in remission.

https://t.co/bhWJKyc39Y

[Stacey Alexander @Stace_Alexander]

@DrPatrick Would you consider doing a clinical trial for people with long covid and T cell exhaustion?

[Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong @DrPatrick]

The independent research by a world renowned breast cancer oncologist at UCLA, Dr Aditya Barda, breaks news today at AACR that consistently shows regardless of the stage of BREAST CANCER, that post Covid lymphopenia results in poorer prognosis, poorer response to treatment and even 2x higher recurrence when patients are in remission. The relationship of low NK and low T cells to breast cancer ( and frankly all cancers ) is so clear.
Will share his data that he presented at major breast cancer conferences and now at AACR next. Very compelling

[Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID @UofTCOVIDRehab]

Last in the session, Hannah Cowan discusses Navigating fragmented care: How young people with Long Covid build and maintain alternative networks of care. #COVIDrehab

[Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID @UofTCOVIDRehab]

Key messages:
📌 Exercise triggers microclot fragmentation in people with Long COVID.

📌 Microclot fragmentation correlates with inflammation and vascular injury markers.

📌 Physiological performance worsens after repeated exertion.

[Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID @UofTCOVIDRehab]

Mark Faghy shares an update on Submaximal exercise-induced changes in microclot and cytokine profiles - shaping what we know about Long COVID rehabilitation.

#COVIDrehab