In what ways did the social and racial divisions impact the severity of the 1918 influenza?

The disease spread rapidly across the globe with an alarming lack of discrimination as to who it attacked and a tendency to pneumonic complications-causing massive relative increases in mortality in young adults.

Explanation:

The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history. The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history.