No. It all depends on mass testing. If mass testing is adopted, it would surface the asymptomatic carriers. In addition, it would allow the creation of "clean

No. It all depends on mass testing. If mass testing is adopted, it would surface the asymptomatic carriers. In addition, it would allow the creation of "clean" zones (.e.g on flights/buses) where you would need to prove that you are clean. So, once the virus cannot "hide", and R0 is bought down to below 1, you would actually see the rate of infection crash to zero (I.e. the exponential rate works both ways). To sum up, as long as there is no vaccine, it all depend on mass testing.