I was there 2 months ago looking forward, seen this coming, so I’m with you. I understand how testing works and the numbers adjust. Trump was talking about lifting restrictions in 2 weeks. I believe that is false hope. Time will tell.Oh, that number will still go up dramatically. Testing is simply revealing what we couldn't see before. You have a hard time fighting what you can't see.
That said, light at the end of the tunnel means improvement in the future, not right now. That is not false hope at all.
The key to better understanding this situation is that so many people are looking backwards rather than looking forwards. If you looked forward two months ago, you would have seen that this disease had the possibility to become a nasty pandemic. If you look forward now, you will see that we are actively getting better at fighting this disease and will get past it.