You need to do your research before bandying words like 'silly' around towards everything you don't like matey. German states mandated school and Kindergarten closures from the 13th of March and by the 22nd of March curfews were imposed in six German states. The lockdown was well in placed by the end of March. The highest days for new cases in Germany were the 27th of March (6,933) and later the 2nd of April (6,813) - the worst day for deaths was the 8th of April with 333. By the middle of April cases were dropping as a result of the lockdown which had been in place for about 3 weeks ! It appears the lockdown was at exactly the right time (should have been earlier and included the carnival).