Ebola in America might have started in Dallas, but fear is spreading across the nation. According to ABSNews.com, sales of hand sanitizer and cleaning products have spiked, concerned passengers are getting their temperatures taken at airports and students who are states away from the deadly disease are being sent home from school out of precaution.

Industry manufacturers are commenting that the infection threat has likely impacted the increased sales, but they are quick to add that increased interest in sanitizers, disinfectants and soaps are also a result of the approaching cold and flu season.

According to the reports, sales of hand sanitizer are up 9.4 percent in the last four weeks ending on Oct. 5, compared to the same time last year.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Ebola virus cannot live for more than a few hours on dry surfaces.

Regardless, some schools are taking extreme measures to keep students and staff safe. In Akron, STATE, one elementary school closed after learning that a student’s parent had contact with one of the nurses diagnosed with the virus during air travel. (Both the parent and the student were quarantined by public health officials.) A nearby middle school and elementary school both closed for cleaning after learning a teacher was on the same flight.

In other cases, nurses that were on the same flight are now home on paid leave while their health is being monitored. Three additional schools are on high alert while investigations are underway regarding whether or not students or their families were exposed to the threat. And a community collage in California even quarantined part of the school in response to "a student whose family member reported flu-like symptoms and was hospitalized.”

The hysteria has even spread to Virginia, where Fairfax County Public Schools announced they will start screening students for Ebola if they visit the health office with a high temperature. Schools will ask students if they have traveled to West Africa, say reports.

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