In a very insightful and to the point article Kenny Lin comments on the same issue — I highly reccomend you read the article at https://medium.com/swlh/the-curve-appears-to-be-flattening-now-what-322d1693d9c6 — “As you read about countries that have managed to minimize the burden of COVID cases — South Korea, New Zealand — and other that never had to implement a national lockdown — Taiwan, Singapore, Iceland — the common thread is testing and contact tracing.”