Family Members say Colorado HS Football Standout Markus Martinez's Massive Heart Failure Was Triggered by COVID Injections. Formerly Fit, Healthy and Strong Athlete Now Needs Heart Transplant
From [HERE] A local high school football star in the Denver area went from a fully healthy 17-year-old to near death due to massive heart failure with no apparent preexisting conditions that would indicate such an event even plausible. However, one intervention that did occur that no mainstream media is talking about is COVID-19 vaccination. According to Markus Martinez’s great aunt Valerie Pacheco, Markus received the jab before the incident and that is most certainly, in her opinion, the cause of this near-death experience. Now 18 years of age, Markus had to get a heart transplant in January 2023, and by February was back in Aurora Colorado hospitals for the dangers associated with blood clots. How does that happen—a totally fit, strong, award winning high school athlete goes from absolute health to the need for a new heart and massive blood clots? If great aunt Valerie Pacheco is correct, it all can be explained by the COVID-19 vaccination that occurred prior to Markus’ cardiovascular-based health crisis. Afterall, Markus fits into a category of known risk cohorts—young men with a higher probability for myocarditis, a cardiovascular condition.
Markus Martinez
The former Columbine High School football star has been in and out of hospitals as doctors earlier this year declared he would need a heart transplant—he received one during January of this year. The heart failure occurred during November of 2022.
TrialSite spoke with Markus Martinez’s great aunt, Ms. Valerie Pacheco to learn more about the incident after a review of local news coverage earlier in the year from local affiliate Fox31 Denver (KDVR).
Reporting for the local affiliate, Samantha Spitz spoke with both parents including Shelly Segura and Steven Martinez. According to his mother, his heart only functions now at 12% to 15%, meaning they realized at the time that her son would need a new heart as soon as possible. Segura was quoted, “His heart is just unfortunately too sick right now.” She continued, “We’ve all come together and have been praying for him. We’re really trying to stay positive for Markus.”
Martinez’s went on the record for the Denver area Fox News affiliate, “It’s been a little tough on him that he can’t get up, get out of bed and do his normal activities and stuff that he used to do, but he’s hanging in there.”
Markus’ brother Steven Martinez was approached by the Fox affiliate as well, stating, “I just couldn’t believe it was happening to someone so young and athletic.”
The Heart Transplant
The good news earlier this year, UTHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, was able to perform a successful heart transplant on January 26, 2023, according to his GoFundMe site.
With initially a successful procedure, conditions again worsened further burdening Markus’ health. Since the heart transplant less than two months ago Markus has been in and out of the hospital. While home in early February last month he started feeling severe pain in his chest, back, and legs.
His family took him back to the hospital where it became apparent the young man presented three blood clots, one in each lung and one in his right groin area. As reported on his Go-FundMe page, the blood clot in his right groin impacts the blood flow to the lower leg region, resulting in another surgery.
Not surprisingly, the healthcare costs have mounted, and the family faces severe financial difficulty due to the ongoing treatment.
What about the Vaccine Connection?
Not surprisingly, the Fox affiliate remained quiet about the fact that Markus not only received the COVID-19 vaccine, but that he was in the cohort of young men facing higher risk for cardiovascular safety incidents such as myocarditis. See the FDA label for the Pfizer vaccine as an example. According to the package insert:
Valerie Pacheco, Markus’ great aunt, spoke with TrialSite, sharing that the severe, dangerous cardiovascular event directly links to the COVID-19 vaccine administration.
Valerie said that it took a while for the family to internalize what is a truly painful reality: that this seemingly vaccine-induced severe injury has been avoided totally by all health providers involved. According to Ms. Pacheco, health providers won’t even discuss the potential of a COVID-19 vaccine injury despite the fact that the incident occurred after vaccination. TrialSite is probing to determine actual proximity. The incident has not been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, according to great aunt Pacheco.
TrialSite has reached out to Markus’ mother Ms. Segura for further discussion and will update this article should she want to come forward. TrialSite cannot be certain that this massive cardiovascular failure was caused by the vaccine, but this is certainly what family members believe.