No. The problem with surge testing is that its a bad system (often throwing out thousands of tests that people are required to complete themselves and send back, which both wastes tests by giving them to people who might not need them as well as giving people who can't afford / CBA to to the test an opportunity not to do it) and its usually deployed too late to be effective at suppression (since to trigger the surge we've usually seen town / borough-wide problems with infection happening). It also doesn't do anything about the people who test positive - they are still left to make a decision as to whether to isolate or not.
To have effective suppression of outbreaks you've got to pick it up much earlier,the state has to have a much more intrusive role and its got to take the decision of what to do out of people's hands - that really means once one person reports symptoms, the testers come around to your house and test you (and everyone else). They've got to then work out who you've been in contact with and test them, and their contacts (if they test postive). The government has also got to clearly explain to people why they've got to isolate and ensure they do not lose out financially (including ensuring they keep their jobs) if they do have to. This has to happen within hours of the positive test, to chase down the outbreak before it requires much more impactful measures like local or national lockdowns.
This is going to cost a lot of time, money and effort to set up but we've got to have it - for further mutations of this, for future diseases as well but especially if it does turn out this was from a lab.
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