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chimpfunkz t1_jdj2jfy wrote

Reply to comment by phred14 in What happened to the old COVID variants, like Delta? Could they come back? by number1dork

The other half of it is, Even though the batters started hitting instead of striking out, they're mostly hitting singles or doubles instead of home runs. So it's easier to prevent runs from being scored (in this analogy, runs are deaths)

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mikmckn t1_jdje2qd wrote

And as time progresses, the batters learn to go for base hits instead of home runs because it maximizes their time on base instead of killing the host.

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