Compare And Contrast Ebola And The Red Death

I don't think that Poe was writing “Masque of The Red Death” about Ebola. I don't think that because this story was written in 1842. Which means that Ebola came up about 200 years ago. So how could he have known about Ebola to write about it? But they are very similar with almost the same effects of bleeding from all holes in your body and the fever. Though Ebola and the Red Death have similar effects there are some differences like how some people that had Ebola have survived but people that had the Red Death had no cure.

Another reason Poe was not writing about Ebola is because according to the article “Outbreak” we know that Ebola came from bats. We still don't know where the Red Death came from. Also in the “Outbreak” article states