The Urgency of Policy Formulation: Dynamics of Covid-19 Handling and Big Data

This paper attempts to discuss the role of big data to formulate policies in responding to social and economic threats due to Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The use of big data as a primary source is based on the dynamic of spreading cases in other countries that were suddenly flared. Those primary resources are online or open data such as population, social economic condition and infection case. In related indicators, population is a big portrait of the countries, thus we observed the number of new infection per day, month and how it impacts the economy. The research problem is how big data is used to formulate policy during the Covid-19 time. We use Decision Theory under Uncertainty to explain three indicators that influence decision-making under Covid-19. This research applied Machine Learning R and SIR Model to obtain the latest data. The argument is that big data can be used as a base resource for the policy formulation and decision-making. In this case, base resource refers to first input in the policy formulation process as well as input and output information in the decision-making process.