The pandemic of data

First published online: 30 May 2021A crisis such as the coronavirus, which has taken place in a digi-talised environment, has tested the capacity and limits of big data to pro-vide us with a complete picture of reality and indications for managing the pandemic. One of the lessons we need to learn is to understand that data reflect existing inequality and, without correct interpretation, make the most vulnerable groups invisible. To this end, the most important thing is to stop conceiving social reality on the basis of standardised crite-ria and to think of it as composed of individuals and groups