Story: Man And Faun A long time ago a Man met a Faun in the forest and succeeded in making friends with him. The two soon became the best of comrades, living together in the Man's hut. But one cold winter evening, as they were walking homeward, the Faun saw the Man blow on his fingers. “Why do you do that?“ asked the Faun. “To warm my hands,“ the Man replied. When they reached home the Man prepared two bowls of porridge. These he placed steaming hot on the table, and the comrades sat down very cheerfully to enjoy the meal. But much to the Faun's surprise, the Man began to blow into his bowl of porridge. “Why do you do that?“ he asked. “To cool my porridge,“ replied the Man. The Faun sprang quickly to his feet and made for the door. “Goodbye,“ he said, “I've seen enough. A fellow that blows hot and cold in the same breath can not be friends with me!“ The man who talks for both sides is not to be trusted by either.
"The worst bit is the uncontrollable coughing," says Andrew O'Dwyer, who is recovering after being infected with the new coronavirus following a skiing trip to Italy in late February. "I've had worse flu, without a doubt - but I wouldn't want to catch it again," he says during his self-isolation at home in south-west London. Despite having type 1 diabetes, Andrew says having the virus "isn't anything to worry about for me personally". He adds that the fever he experienced is "no different to normal flu-type symptoms". "I've not been concerned," he says. The severity of symptoms can vary widely among people. Those who are older and have pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) are more likely to become severely ill and can need hospital treatment. There have been 10 coronavirus-related deaths so far in the UK. Andrew was told the virus wasn't circulating in the resort ...
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