We are in better position then before tho. We have cheaper tests now and we can manufacture them more quickly. The way people get infected is also clearer now and we can have partial limitations on economy more effectively. Pretty soon, we can be in position to test, say, 50% of workers in factory every week and having asymptotic sick at home. People got used to wearing masks in public indoor spaces and to sanitizing their hands upon entering stores.

Overall, we are in much better position to make selective limitations, opening and closing depending on what numbers are. Countries that locked down soon are opening now with small numbers of infections - they are able to do tracing and test all contacts of any new infection.

We are getting better at controlling the pandemic.