Photos: Climate of fear around Ebola spreads across US

First responders respond to a report of a woman with Ebola-like symptoms in the Dallas transit system, October 18, 2014. The woman had reportedly stayed in the same apartment complex where Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., lived briefly. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Technicians from a decontamination service enter The Torch into Coming Attractions Bridal & Formal, in Akron, Ohio, October 19, 2014. The store was visited by a Dallas nurse who later tested positive for the Ebola virus. Michael Chritton / Akron Beacon Journal / Polaris

Students wait after being cordoned off by police and barrier tape following an Ebola scare at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California, October 16, 2014. The incident was triggered after one student reported that her sister became sick after returning from a trip. The school later released a statement saying the student's family had traveled to the Midwest. Mike Blake / Reuters

Custodial workers leave after cleaning Davis Elementary School, October 17, 2014. The school was closed after it was discovered that a health care worker who treated one of the Texas nurses infected with the Ebola virus lives at a home with students from the school. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

A Pentagon Police officer secures the perimeter to the Pentagon South Parking lot, October 17, 2014 in Washington, DC. The space was secured after a woman who had returned from Africa vomited outside the building. Paul J. Richards / AFP / Getty Images

U.S. Representative Billy Long holds up a copy of a magazine with an Ebola headline as public health officials testify before a House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. response to the Ebola crisis, in Washington October 16, 2014. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

A protester holds a poster demanding a halt of all flights from West Africa, outside the White House in Washington, DC, October 16, 2014. Mladen Antonov / AFP / Getty Images

Officers from the Coast Guard take the temperature of an arriving passenger at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 16, 2014. US CBP / EPA

Students participate in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention training session for healthcare workers treating Ebola virus victims in Anniston, Alabama, USA, October 15, 2014. Erik S. Lesser / EPA

Doctors and staff at the University of California, Los Angeles, participate in a preparedness exercise on diagnosing and treating patients with Ebola, October 17, 2014. Reed Hutchinson / UCLA Health / AP

A worker at the emergency supply company Nitro-Pak fulfills orders for water containers at its facility in Heber, Utah, October 20, 2014. The company has experienced a 200 percent increase in emergency preparedness items since the beginning of the Ebola crisis. George Frey / Getty Images

The door to the apartment where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan stayed in Dallas, October 20, 2014. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

The interior of the apartment where Duncan stayed has been stripped of all furniture and carpeting, October 20, 2014. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images