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.

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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.