FLU? or SPINAL MENINGITIS??

I read several articles over the past couple of weeks about this 'flu' season and the horrific impact it is having on communities all over the U.S.

I read several articles that have me seriously wondering if we aren't in the midst of a MASSIVE cover-up about this so-called 'flu' season.

I was reading about something completely unrelated to the 'flu' or this 'flu' season.

I was reading an article about a gang in Pakistan that, for reasons not known to the greater public at this time, was literally STEALING SPINAL FLUID from unsuspecting women.

[link to www.bbc.com (secure)]

Out of curiosity, I decided to search the web in an attempt to determine WHY, of all things, SPINAL FLUID would be valuable on the BLACK MARKET. One of the first pieces of information I came across was a post right here on GLP.

Thread: Spinal Fluid Question??

One of the first things they tested this guy for was "SPINAL MENINGITIS" so I decided to find out what, exactly, the symptoms of spinal meningitis were and I found myself reading that the symptoms are almost identical to severe flu. I also read that it can be viral, just like the flu.

[link to www.mayoclinic.org (secure)]

Additionally, I read that VIRAL MENINGITIS DOESN'T KILL, BUT THE HUMAN BODY'S REACTION TO VIRAL MENINGITIS KILLS.

In 2012, an outbreak of FUNGAL MENINGITIS was "tied to black-mold-infected steroids produced at the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts: 32 dead, 438 infected, 19 states with cases" -quote from PBS article linked below

[link to www.pbs.org (secure)]

I read a few more articles and come across several that indicated how serious MENINGITIS is and how IT CAN KILL AN OTHERWISE HEALTHY CHILD, TEENAGER, OR ADULT in anywhere from a FEW HOURS TO A FEW DAYS...which is exactly what we are seeing with this year's 'flu'

I'm not young (kids out of college) and I have NEVER seen ANYTHING like this 'flu' season. I have never heard of the flu killing 14 year old healthy teenagers and killing them inside of 12 hours....NEVER. I have NEVER heard of people having to have fingers and toes AMPUTATED because of a bad case of FLU.

I don't buy it folks and I hope someone a lot smarter than me takes a closer look at this 'flu' season.