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As a (now retired) attorney with some professional experience with the SSDI system, and some personal experience in applying for SSDI due to a medical condition (and winning a ‘closed period award’ for the length of time the condition prevented me from working) let me add a couple data points.

First, on historical average, only 22% of individuals who file an application ultimately get approved.

Second, on appeal after a claim is denied, about 13% of those who appeal ultimately get approved.

Third, on appeal (after the initial denial, and the 2nd denial) to an Administrative Law Judge about 60% of those who take it to that stage get approved. But, that represents only about 2% of those who made an initial claim. That is because most claims are abandoned before they get to the point where the case is heard by a judge. The process is miserable, demeaning, and the goal of the system is to deny the claim.

Fourth, for the vast majority of those who ultimately get approved, it can take years. From the date I filed my initial claim, until my hearing date, 4 years and 3 months elapsed. 3 more months of waiting for a decision and then after the Judge approved the award, another 5 months elapsed before SSA paid the award. So in total, it took 5 years from the time I filed until I received the award. In addition, I did not file my initial claim until 18 months after the disability occurred. So from the date I became disabled (under the legal definition and based on the court concurrence as to the date disability began), 6.5 years elapsed before I received the award (which was a single lump sum). By that time, my condition had been treated over a period of 3 years and I had been back to work for 2 years.

If you look at the statistics from 2009-17, the % of approvals was trending down. If my recollection is correct, during those years the % approved either stayed flat or declined every year. They rose slightly and/or stayed flat up until 2021 and are now on the rise, as pointed out in the article.

So the point to all of the above is threefold. First, more than 75% of applicants who file a claim are denied. Second, the process is miserable and takes 2 years or more to complete. Third, if indeed those who are attributing the rise to the jab are correct, we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg. My own personal experience and my legal experience allows me to say with certainty that a high percentage of valid claims are abandoned along the way…because the process itself, and the way lawyers are compensated is designed to deny claims and ultimately force people to give up.

Given the length of time it can take to go through the process, and the massive backlog that exists in nearly every jurisdiction for a hearing before an ALJ, we should expect to see a continued rise in both initial applications and approvals.

A thorough analysis would need to look at historical data for applications, approvals (at the various stages), and the medical conditions for which approvals were granted. The data is all public, although it would take a massive effort to find it, import it, and ultimately analyze it to determine if what we are seeing on the surface can be proven with the historical data.

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Thank you. I am going to pin you comment. Since there are so many areas to focus on and I wanted to be concise, I did not go into as much detail on this.

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Nice. I hope it helps shed some light. It’s a very complicated issue. What will be interesting to watch in my view is the extent to which initial applications increase over time.

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Yeah, I could easily easily qualify for disability, for a very narrow meaning of "easily". I started the paperwork once and gave it up as not worth the trouble. Thankfully I was old enough to apply for Social Security, supplemented by a part-time job that I can handle, and a willingness to live a very simple lifestyle.

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I am no lawyer, but it seems to me a case could be made for worker's compensation if an employer mandated the jab, expecially if the person tried for an exemption and was denied.

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Oh, yes. This is the kind of advice employers got in 2020, which I think would be what they rely on if there is a case. Scroll down to see the quote. The article shows there would be a lot of ins and outs on such a claim.

"Are Vaccine-Related Injuries Covered by Workers' Compensation Laws?

Employees who experience an adverse reaction to a vaccine administered pursuant to an employer's vaccination policy may be entitled workers' compensation benefits. Some states, like....."

https://www.dwt.com/blogs/employment-labor-and-benefits/2020/12/employer-covid-vaccines-mandates-incentives

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Can you point me in the direction of these data custodians? I'd like to take a stab at analyzing these numbers. I can build it to auto-update if the data sources are publicly available online. This way, we can monitor over time as the numbers are published.

I think the number of applications, approvals, etc., as you outlined will be an interesting fact set to watch develop.

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https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/19-1-percent-of-people-with-a-disability-were-employed-in-2021.htm

Here one. BLS has data. SSA has data with stats by race, gender, year, state, county and more. The thing is, I don’t know if any of it is in any kind of file format that could be imported.

What would be interesting I think on a macro level is how the 2020, 2021, 2022 # of applicants compare to the prior decade. Because in my mind that is the real key right now. From what I recall, both applications and ultimate approvals were flat or declined from the prior year from 2009-2017. Then they ticked up a bit.

Obviously if the number of approvals is up 10% in 2022 vs 2021 or whatever that is a good data point. But since the % approved has been pretty constant for 2 decades (22-26%) the real tell for me would be looking at the potential increases in people applying.

And also looking at the age brackets of people applying and then the same with approvals. Because if more younger people are applying and/or getting approved that would be a key data point.

The thing is, as I wrote, for the vast majority who get approved it is a 2 plus year process. My best recollection is that at level 1, only 9% get approved, then at the admin appeal level 13% get approved, and then at the ALJ level 60% get approved. But those %s are based on the number of people who take the next step.

Hence, since the jabs rolled out 18 months ago, to already see the increases in approvals in under two years, means we are just at the beginning of what could be a huge uptrend. It also likely means more approvals are being granted at the initial phase and the 2nd phase. Which, with my tinfoil hat on tight, makes me wonder whether SSDI has changed their standards and are granting more ‘early’ approvals in order to try and keep the lid on.

Typically it takes about 6 months for a decision on the initial claim, then 3-6 months for a decision on the administrative appeal. If you get denied twice you have the right to request an in person hearing before an ALJ. Which depending on where you live can take years. It took me 2.5 years of waiting for my hearing. I was offered a video hearing after a year of waiting but I turned it down because I needed to have the Judge actually be able to “see” in person what had happened. That took another 1.5 years.

There is something going on. We all know it’s the jab. The real question is how nefarious is this seeming hurry to approve substantially more claims in a much shorter timeframe than historical data would show.

Don’t know if any of that is helpful or not.

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Oh thank you! This looks like an excellent place to start. Government db's are usually pretty accessible and normal so if I can find what we want, it can likely be automated to pick up new data as it comes.

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You are most welcome. I know most of what I have seen and read has been focused on the seeming 10% increase in claim approvals. Based on at least two decades of historical data that would translate into massive increase in applications. On the order of what, 12 million? (I’m not a math wizard, lol). If that holds true, that would tell us something. But if approvals are now being given at a larger percentage than the historical norm, and are being approved faster, that might tell us something else.

If I can assist in anyway let me know. I have a lot of experience with the ‘system.’

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can you get me any source for that 10% claim?

Thank you

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https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/do-vaccine-rollouts-correlate-to?s=r

Edward Dowd has spoken about this issue on multiple interviews and written about it on Gettr. I can try to find additional links if you like.

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AMD, if you would like someone to analyze the VAERS database for the stroke pokes, I can do that for you. The data is downloadable and importable into a queryable database which allows for extensive analysis of the horrific damage and death caused by the COVID vaccines.

Here is an example of a query I ran for someone last October - they wanted all the COVID entries for the keyword 'nightmare':

http://tritorch.com/degradation/VAERSNightmareEntries.htm

Let me know if this is something you are interested in.

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But to be more specific what we'd need to do is ideally is identify the symptoms that would correlate with disability by this criteria (ideally common ones with a large number of reports but if you want to go full nerd on it, every single one), and batch them all by the month when they were occurred and make a trend for the cumulative trend in the total reported injuries.

That would both validate this dataset and give a strong case for what the VAERS underrerporting factor (especially since you can also further sort it by gender or above/below 65).

That's an obscene amount of work I can't possibly do and I want to give full credit to whoever does it.

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That sounds very doable, with the caveat that the VAERS data itself is a bit of a mess given the low barrier of entry - in order to capture as much data as possible the adverse event entries be partially filled out by the person reporting them.

I will download the latest version of the database today, drum up a query for what you ask, and return the results to you ASAP.

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My apologies for the delay, I had quite a busy weekend. Here is what i've found after a few hours of research:

According to page 8 of the latest version of the 'VAERS Data Use Guide' located here:

https://vaers.hhs.gov/docs/VAERSDataUseGuide_en_September2021.pdf

There is a column in the VAERS dataset which indicates whether the injection caused a disability in the recipient:

"Disability (DISABLE): If the vaccine recipient was disabled as a result of the vaccination a “Y” is placed in this field; otherwise, the field will be blank."

Figuring that might be a good place to start our search, I created a report from that disability field. To the extent this data accurately identifies individuals disabled by the vaccine, in the VAERS data there are a whopping 9,630 entries for these victims directly tied to the COVID injections. Here they are, with their symptom list - which is key to what you are seeking - included:

http://tritorch.com/VAERS/VAERSDisability.htm

Something to consider is that this disabled dataset is based on only one data point, which means the actual number of disabled individuals is likely far, far higher than 9,630. By comparing the symptoms of those listed as disabled to the symptoms of other vaccine victims in the VAERS data, we should be able to extrapolate a number of disabled victims that is closer to the truth--which will be my next goal.

Feel free to email me to discuss at tritorch@protonmail.com

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Thank you, just emailed you. I did not realize disability was an option you cloud select. That means there is probably another way to prove the underreporting factor which is a really big deal!

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My nurse put my report in VAERS when I had the vaccine rxn, but I never went back to tick off disability. I am guessing that underreporting step is huge.

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As VAERS data seem to have been doctored for quite a while, you might want to compare the currently-published data with internet archives...

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Good suggestion, Ray. Actually, I planned to do that with the dataset I have from October 2021 to see if anything has been scrubbed from VAERS in the interim. I replied to your email =)

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PLEASE DO THAT FOR ME

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Stroke pokes.

Clot shots.

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You are a high wattage person, Midwestern Doctor. Thanks for this.

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Thank you. I hate getting pulled into these time sensitive things because I keep on having to drop the current one I'm working on.

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Meanwhile I am desperate to work but please Dear Lord I don't want no needles to work. Having big depression due to every job seems to want hacksxxxxxination.

The money aspect might get the US of Arrogance to wake up, sure hope so.

Of course this is why we had to give Bill Gates all those billions, Albert bourla gotta hurla...

So I've been typing out my 2010 Grasshopper's Appeal into my substack .

I have gotten the first paid subscriber thank you.

Never thought to get a penny from writing, and I will never charge to read .

Thanks for your work dear.

Blessings.

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Blessings to you too dear

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Great analysis! I am more worried about Igor’s death statistics analysis between South Africa and Portugal to be verified by Spain in the next few weeks. As Steve Kirsch points out, some percentage of disabilities end as deaths.

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That's very true too. Probably should have mentioned it often leads to suicide.

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As Spain is not doing any more PCR tests and is only counting the cases in people over 60, I’m afraid we’ll never get the solution.

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But deaths are easier to count, usually.

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That’s the only data we’ve got.

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Stay away from vaccines............ALL OF THEM!!!

The Truth About Vaccinations – History and Hoax

https://thetruthaboutvaccines.com/the-truth-about-vaccinations/

Vaccine Ingredients and Vaccine Secrets

https://healthwyze.org/reports/60-vaccine-secrets

The Poisoned Needle - Eleanor McBean:

spingolaspeaks.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/the-poisoned-needle.pdf

Dr. Andrew Moulden: All Vaccines Cause Ischemia (Impaired Blood Flow) Which Blocks Oxygen Delivery Leading to Chronic Disease

https://educate-yourself.org/cn/All-Vaccines-Cause-Ischemia-(Impaired-Blood-Flow)-Which-Blocks-Oxygen-Delivery22jul15.shtml#top

https://thevaccinereaction.org/

https://www.vaccinesandchristianity.org/

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Moth In the Iron Lung by Forrest Maready is an eye-opener about the true cause of Polio and the needless suffering of children. It seems that if there is a way to make money regardless of the dire consequences, our governments are happy to oblige.

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He made a very interesting case. Suzzane Humphries also discussed it in dissolving illusions. My own opinion is that whenever a toxic thing is pulled from the market, they often simultaneously do some type of campaign to get credit for the benefit that arose and take the spotlight/blame off the toxin. One of my favorite examples was the back to sleep campaign coinciding with the more harmful DTP vaccine being pulled from the market and sent to Africa.

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I was born in 1947 and had polio at age 2. Our family physician granted my mother's wish to be able to care for me at home. I only have one recollection of this chapter in my life - my parents and older siblings cheering me on as I took some steps. I got over it with no medical care I am aware of and no lasting effects. And yet when I was in elementary school I still had to line up with my classmates and take the polio vaccine on a sugar cube.

Seems to me we are watching, in real time, what I call death by a thousand cuts. It's not one thing, it's many and like an avalanche the first shift downward gathers volume and weight and takes the mountain side down. I personally see this as satan working overtime, pulling out all the stops to bring about the destruction of God's creation.

I have been speaking out about how I interpret these dark times and sometimes it feels as though I am just talking to myself.

http://bagsallpacked.blogspot.com/2022/06/plenty-meet-dearth.html

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what a shame that you were not allowed to provide advice to those whose condition you assessed... understand the need for an independent claims assessment, but especially for those whose condition was a result of suboptimal government subsidized care, what a lost opportunity to get the individual on a better path forward.

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Yup. I have limited time so I have to prioritize where I feel my work is meaningful.

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Good info - it puts some depth on the Fed's Labor Force Participation Rate (CIVPART) data.

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Thank you so much. This is excellent. As devastating as the implications are, it's so helpful to see people find the data that hopefully will turn this around for those who don't yet see it. I fully agree on the intentional destruction of our economy. I have been seeking part time work for months and while there are plenty of jobs out there - thus far, my no-vaxx status has been an issue. (In some cases I know that, in others I suspect that.) Over time, I think that will change. Your voice is essential and I"m very appreciative of your efforts. Blessings.

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Quick typo “disability verses” should be versus

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Just FYI, the three dots below your comment brings up an 'edit' option.

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Another meisterwerk from a rare treasure -- a doctor who thinks & cares. Bless you, AMWD

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Excellent article. Edward Dowd has been extremely prescient, More people need to be exposed to what he is doing.

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Thank you for your support!

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Thank you for an insightful article. You put a spotlight on factors that are important to note and hopefully act upon. Your personal experiences as a doctor bring additional clarity to the topic.

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The mRNA technology was first developed and tested in the Soviet Union around 1971. As the uncontrollable chain reaction it would start, if implemented in public, was recognized, it was left alone. US research has been focusing on it for decades, too, but I cannot see how the technology could be kept at bay; it would kill off the perpetrators, too, and as mentally-challenged as they might be, I cannot fathom how they could be inept enough to let the genie out of the bottle without knowing how to put it back.

I tend to agree with Dr. Andreas Noack, a chemist from Austria, who used to be a leading expert on graphenes until he got terminated seven hours after posting about the genocide carried out with graphene hydroxide (it turns out, the just about omnipresent graphene oxide can also be instructed to turn into graphene hydroxide, which allows for an "elegant" kill switch in the lethal injections). Dr. Noack said that mRNA is a red herring, meant to divert attention from the real causes of killing.

There are too many "variants" of the lethal injections, so plausible deniability is ensured.

What’s in the lethal injections? All these and probably a lot more:

https://www.bitchute.com/video/Q5jbLp9OhGvG/

https://welovetrump.com/2021/10/13/watch-dr-franc-zalewski-discovers-tentacled-aluminum-based-lifeform-dubbed-the-thing-inside-covid-19-jab-vial-under-microscope/

https://www.bitchute.com/video/45rx8vafSfWS/

https://truthcomestolight.com/graphene-oxide-nano-router-circuitry-in-covid-vaccines-uncovering-the-true-purpose-of-these-mandatory-toxic-injections/

Moreover, the poisons from various sources interact with each other.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/03/no_author/kill-grid-the-vaxx-5g-and-smart-phones-are-inextricably-linked/

And the ingredients keep changing:

https://www.naturalhealth365.com/retired-lawyer-claims-rolled-out-covid-jabs-differ-from-those-trialed-before-authorization.html

Besides the lethal injections, 5G, and chemtrails, of course, the good old ones are around, too. Microplastics, prescription "meds" (not that over-the counter is not poisonous), hormones, psychiatric poisons, contraceptives, and fluoride in the water supply, fear porn and other forms of artificially-induced stress), traditional “vaccines,” non-stick utensils, antiperspirants, GMO and a crazy amount of pesticides in food, cryptic food additives and preservatives, carcinogen artificial sweeteners, flame retardants, and microwaved food... Add the life-threatening outcomes of geoengineering, the fake "medical" science that can cut (often badly or unnecessarily), but cannot diagnose a single thing, yet is out there, poisoning billions of people... And in the last 100 years, they have been and are keeping inventing new conditions and disorders for common poisonings, including the ones caused by their chemicals that they fraudulently label "medications."

The result is, in an extremely-overdone understatement, "disastrously detrimental."

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I very much appreciate your articles, doctor.

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Terrifying. Really really scary.

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