Yes - improved logistics planning, prep, vetting of new policies, education of citizens, medical supply inventory, testing inventory, a more downward curve than a mere flattened-curve, etc.
I agree with you that we need vastly more testing. But to be fair, at least in New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana, the curve has been on sharp downward curve for over two weeks. I'm not sure what today's numbers were, but we only had 11 new cases yesterday and all the hospitals seem to be reporting that they are no longer in crisis mode. Could that change? Sure, and that's why we need vastly more testing.