Did Germany "get it right" in March? To my eye it looks like it just missed the first wave by chance along with many other countries (Germany is not unique in E

Did Germany "get it right" in March? To my eye it looks like it just missed the first wave by chance along with many other countries (Germany is not unique in Europe in having not really experienced a first wave). As we now know lockdowns don't work and have no impact, same for masks, there's no real explanation for Germany's "slow start" beyond random variation.