A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE OF COVID -19

Have you ever wondered how the pandemic experience has been for a child? Twelve-year-old Soha (“I’m turning 13!”) talks to us about her perspective, including her advice on how schools and parents could help kids more.

When did the coronavirus situation first come to your attention?

The coronavirus first came to my attention when the schools all started closing and events started being cancelled. Of course I knew it was ‘a thing’ before that, but I really didn’t think it would get this serious and I thought it would pass in a few weeks.

What do you understand about the Covid-19 virus?

I understand that it’s a respiratory illness that they say started in China but nobody really knows for sure how it spread. It’s now become a global pandemic and it’s resulted in several lockdowns...and just a lot of chaos.

Does it scare you? Why?

It doesn’t really scare me because I think the illness is really only for the very elderly with already existing illnesses, or really young people.

If you have a high immune system, it shouldn’t really be a big problem and as long as we just stay quarantined in our own houses, it should be alright. So, no it doesn’t scare me.