Edgar Allen Poe: Ebola And The Red Death

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Could Poe write about Ebola. I believe Edgar Allen Poe could write about Ebola. The author wrote about the red death and it has symptoms that are similar. For example the two diseases have blood or bleeding oozing out of the body's spores. For instance Poe wrote about death, disease and horror. There is a possibility Poe could be talking about Ebola when he wrote the "Masque of the Red Death." From reading, I know that Ebola and the red death both cause fear. No one wants to help the sick because they do not want to get sick themselves. The diseases both can cause sharp pain and it is hard to breathe. Both diseases have a high death account. No medical care is available for the red death. The red death could be fictional. The first time the

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