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" If smallpox is a threat, why are we wasting billions on airport security, while leaving the borders wide open?"

Political correctness. The powers that be feel that they will gamble on controlling a small outbreak rather than mobilizing the nation and "offending" our neighbors to the north and south. A prime example of your illustration occurred here (well about 30 mins south of me) about two weeks ago. A Cuban patrol boat (4 man speed boat) defected to the U.S. These 4 sailors worked for their version of the Coast Guard. They were able to bring their boat up to and park it at the slip adjacent to the Hyatt in Key West then had to walk several blocks, with AK-47's and pistols on them, to find a Key West Police officer to surrender to!!!!!! To say some of us were alarmed in Florida is an understatement. Just imagine if that was two suicidal Al-Queda nuts with a speedboat loaded with 500 lbs of C-4. Border security is a joke in this nation so my observation that it will take 100,000 plus dead to fix it I think is valid.