Covid-19 highlighted how fundamental open data is in today's society.
Being able to gather and communicate data efficiently is an essential requirement for managing emergency situations, such as a pandemic.
Italy has made progress in recent years, but the obstacles are still many. These shortcomings are highlighted by the recent case of the Lombardy region, which made a mistake in calculating the RT number and confined about 10 million people in lockdown without a scientific reason.
We talked about this and much more with Isaia Invernizzi, data journalist at Il Post who closely follows the pandemic.
