1) The document is a transcript of a podcast by a 14-year-old boy from Spain discussing his experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown. 2) He has been in confinement for 45 days with his family and pet. The last two weeks have been difficult for him. 3) While some people have not followed lockdown rules, citizens have come together to stay home and help fight the virus. What helps him cope is the help and attention from his relatives.

1. The Social and Psychological Effects of a
Virus: the case of COVID19
Julen Román Cobos
PODCAST TRANSCRIPT
Hello, my name is Julen. I'm 14, although I'm about to turn 15. At the moment, I
am in the 3rd year of ESO in Cáceres, Spain.
At the moment, we have been in confinement for 45 days. These days, I'm
spending them with my parents, my sister, my grandmother and my pet. At the
moment, I'm getting on fairly well, although these last two weeks have been a
bit hard.
On whether we will learn from this "experience". We, humans, are very much of
returning to our customs, one only has to see how the promenades of the
coastal cities have been filled or how those who have left their homes have
taken the directions as they wanted. Although not everything has been bad: we
citizens have joined together to be locked in our houses and help fight the virus.
What helps me cope with this is the help and attention I receive from my
relatives. I couldn't have gotten out of the slump without them. What I
recommend is that if, for example, you are overwhelmed by too much work or
you are simply not able to think clearly, you should stop what you are doing,
take a deep breath and try to calm down. Once you feel ready to come back
with your batteries charged, go for it!

2. The days, in my opinion, pass slow and fast at the same time. That is, the days
that I have felt frustrated, sad, angry, etc., have been felt as if they have been a
thousand years. But the days that I have been happy, talking to my friends, have
flown by. I think we all have our ups and downs, but I certainly know that this
will be over sooner or later.
Speaking of homeschooling. It's been weird, but I've been adjusting to it.
However, there are days when I have felt overwhelmed by the amount of work
we had. It seems to me that we have only been sent homework with no regard
for our situations. In my case, my mother is locked in her room these days
because she is a coronavirus positive patient. And if I'm honest, I've been more
concerned about passing and trying to do all my homework than I have with
her. And that has bothered me because I think it is good that they send us
homework. After all, we have to continue with the course, that this should not
stop but I, like all children who have a family member infected, I do not feel
centred, and I think that is only taken into account if you send the homework
and also have it well. For the rest, I think it's good how teachers have tried to
adapt in the best possible way to this situation, making video calls to solve
doubts, using online educational applications, etc.
Day by day, I live in the hope that it will all be over soon, but I know it won't be.
This is going to last a long time. Even if the virus runs out in the summer, it'll
come back as scientists predict. Even though I know that one day it will
disappear completely. These days, they've set departure times depending on
your age range and/or what you're going to do. But people (not all of them) are
doing what they want. And that makes me think that, thanks to those people
who only want to go to their neighborhood hairdresser's to talk about gossip,
this will last longer and take longer to get back to normal.
As the Greek philosophers said, freedom is a relative thing. Although I think we
have been deprived of it, it is all because of something we all want: to end this
global pandemic we are experiencing. I feel less free in everything, like not
being able to go out with my friends and have a good time, but there is a reason
why video calls exist. Honestly, I don't feel like I'm locked up in a prison as many
people say or as the reference questions do. I know that in a prison things are
much harder, but here at home we have a thousand and one forms of
entertainment although the problem is that we don't know how to take
advantage of them. Without a doubt, what makes me especially excited and
would make me "feel freer" is to see my friends again, to have fun with them, I
don't know.

3. In conclusion, I believe that what we are experiencing will teach us many things,
such as how human beings really are. I hope all this will end soon and
everything will stop at once. Let's hope so.