Ebola and the sacrificial engineer

Is it possible that the sacrificial engineer is NOT giving birth to life at all but rather to death? We know ther eis the signifigance of Shaw's father having ebola. I do not feel that reference was casual. The mention of it certainly presents a call abck to the disintegration of the sacrifice engineer. But what if his sacrifice is not so noble? We do not really know wher eor when that scene occurs--could that be an earlier attempt to wipe out the human race? Perhaps the life that forms from this act is a virus---ebola or some such? Just a thought that has been plaguing me--pun semi intended...