Does anyone else fear the weaponization of Ebola?

[yellowcanine]

85. For starters, someone with Ebola is not going to be "walking across the border from Mexico"

People with Ebola don't walk. They have to be transported. There is an incubation period but it is not long enough for the person to make the trek across the border. Even healthy people die trying to walk across the border. Yes it is theoretically possible that someone could infect people with Ebola and send them across the border but logistically it would be nearly impossible, particularly for any of the terror groups.

Just a few of the logistical hurdles.

Where are they going to get the volunteers? Volunteering to blow oneself up is one thing. Volunteering to die from an illness where all of your systems break down is another matter.

Where are they going to get the Ebola? It is not as if one can order up a vial of it on the internet.

How are they going to get the Ebola into Mexico once they have the virus? Anyone trying to collect Ebola virus from a patient in West Africa (where else are they going to get it?) is unlikely to make it to Mexico intact with virus in hand or in their bodies (and now you need another set of volunteers).

Even if they had the Ebola, who is going to take it and infect the volunteers with it? At some point you have to have someone being fairly coercive/persuasive with the volunteers and that kind of person is unlikely to also want to be exposed.

How are they going to get the infected volunteers into the U.S? Because of the logistics it is unlikely they can just walk in - they are either not going to make it or be quickly spotted. Coyotes aren't stupid. If they see someone displaying Ebola symptoms they are not going to give them a ride or even let the person anywhere near them.

As for your other scenario, Tea Party types are a lot of things but they aren't suicidal.