According to Wired, in our race to solve the Covid-19 pandemic we are ignoring the implications of the big data we are using.

The coronavirus pandemic has spurred interest in big data to track the spread of the fast-moving pathogen and to plan disease prevention efforts.

According to Environmental Protection, big data can be used by organizations that are working to protect the environment. 

Data has quickly become one of the most valuable resources for any organization. New tools and data-collection schemes have made it possible to gather and analyze massive sets of data—dubbed "big data." These data sets allow us to discover patterns and relationships that we couldn't have found with traditional approaches.

Banks are using big data to help them give their customers a better experience, reports PYMNTS. 

We’re a long way from knowing what permanent changes the COVID-19 pandemic will have wrought in terms of physical attendance at events, live retail experiences, dining out – and even going to the bank. It’s a time of transformation in every industry on earth, and virtually no one saw it coming. Some verticals will thin, some operations will perish. It’s a total shock