If it's carrying the virus then it IS a vector... that is a great reason to kill it, which they have done. But it is quite doubtable that it is carrying it at all - nonetheless, if it were me, I would not take the chance. We know Ebola incubates in mammals. Mammals in close contact with victims are scary and dangerous, and you know it, to paraphrase K.

Now a cop in Dallas has "symptoms consistent with Ebola" which means what, they have a fever? It's one of the cops who went to deal with the apartment, although what form dealing with an apartment takes is unclear. I'd be terrified if it were me, and I had a fever, after being in close contact with a victim or their juices.