So far this year, city health officials have ruled out 160 suspected cases in people who showed West Nile-like symptoms, including high fever, gastrointestinal problems, muscle ache, headache or mental confusion. And really keep the statistics in mind. Only about 10 percent of them were positive and less than 1 percent of people who are infected ever become seriously ill. And those people are the young, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. It's definitely had an impact.
People are concerned.
Everybody is cautious about it. The CVS pharmacy in Ashland, Mass., sold out of its entire stock of mosquito repellent the weekend after a crow in nearby Hopkinton was found to be carrying the virus, according to store supervisor Kristen Roy. Customers bought more than 150 bottles of repellent last weekend. On Sunday, people were livid with us. He said he could not provide specific sales figures.