I would add that the hypothesis can be checked very quickly and cheaply by genomic sequencing. I can afford the cost of all the sequencing, what I need is acce

I would add that the hypothesis can be checked very quickly and cheaply by genomic sequencing. I can afford the cost of all the sequencing, what I need is access to a large number of samples from people infected with mild cases of COVID-19. My best estimate is you would need to look at north of 5000 samples to find a strain with the right sort of gene deletion.