How did Oscar Cabrera Adames die? Dominican basketball player who blamed vaccination for health condition dies aged 28

28-year-old Dominican basketball player Oscar Cabrera Adames has reportedly died during a stress test at the Santo Domingo health facility. The news was reported by the Dominican sports journalist Hector Gomez.

It remains unclear whether the stress test was the reason for the heart attack, but given that Adames had Myocarditis it may have been a factor. Adames blamed the COVID vaccine for his heart condition, which is usually caused by a virus.

Myocarditis compromises your heart's ability to pump blood, leading to heart failure or sudden death in severe cases

A stress test is used to measure how the heart functions during physical activity. It is conducted by attaching electrodes to the patient’s chest during the test. The machine then records the electrical activity of the heart which can be used to decipher the patient's heart health.

As of now, we have no official word on the cause of Oscar Cabrera Adames' death.

Oscar Cabrera Adames blamed the COVID vaccine for his heart condition

Oscar Cabrera Adames reportedly developed Myocarditis two weeks after receiving the COVID vaccine. Here is what Adames had to say on Instagram:

“I got a damn Myocarditis from taking a f*ck*ng vaccine. (I got 2 doses of Pfizer) And I knew it! Many people warned me.

"But guess what? It was compulsory or I couldn’t work. I am an international professional athlete and I am playing in Spain. I have no health problem, nothing, not hereditary, no asthma, NOTHING!

"I suddenly collapsed to the ground in the middle of a match and almost died. I’m still recovering and I’ve had 11 different cardiology tests done and guess? They find nothing.”

Oscar Cabrera Adames collapsed in the Spanish Amateur Basketball League in 2021, two weeks after getting vaccinated against COVID.

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