The most interesting part of the rise in disability claims during COVID is how clearly it's a grift. 'Why yes, disability increased, but only in an invisible, easily faked way that allows people to keep working at historically unprecedented rates for the 'disabled'.'

There's been a long COVID-related rise in self-reported disability. Notice how the rise starting in mid-2020 mostly has to do with an increase in difficulty remembering things? That's the brain fog symptom everyone became aware of.