re: #173 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

No one ever heard of Ebola? Uh yeah they had. I know I’m biased because I grew up near Reston but Ebola was definitely known before that outbreak and that’s part of why people freaked out including “your favorite President” who was so eager to use it against Obama.

That’s right up there with “no one ever imagined using passenger airplanes as weapons”…

Hell yes they did.

The Tom Clancy book where somebody crashed a fully-fueled 747 into the capitol at the start of the State of the Union (“Debt of Honor”, 1994).

The very next book in the series (“Executive Orders” 1996), Jack Ryan is president in this one, there’s an Ebola attack (aerosolized live virus set loose in a bunch of convention centers in a half dozen cities. Like at the Boat Show, or Comic-Con, or things like that.)