https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bre-payton-conservative-writer-and-television-guest-dies-at-26-after-sudden-illness
“After a CT scan and hours of testing, they have determined she has the H1N1 flu and possibly meningitis.”
Being so rapid, sounds more like meningitis.
Prayers. So young.
Bacterial infections often take hold in people who have influenza. I do not know why, but influenza seems to weaken the immune system against bacteria. This is why it is so common for people to get the flu and die of other infections, such as pneumonia.