The soft lockdown was by no means enough, only the hard - and now tightened - lockdown seems to actually lead to the numbers falling.
But pure math is not a good advisor in a crisis.
People don't behave according to mathematical rules.
Nevertheless, the calculation models in the Chancellery are still very open.
But not necessarily with the prime ministers anymore. At the federal-state summit they rediscovered their spirit of resistance after two months. The countries fear that the mood in the population could change.