Close to a million people have died in the US. That is a pretty important point in the labour market, quite aside from the brutal human cost.
The people demanding "let 'er rip" got what they wanted - mass death to avoid personal inconvenience - and it turns out that they're getting an economic cost anyway.
75% of those deaths were over the age of 65, past retirement age. So we're talking -250k from a working pool of 150m (-0.17%). It seems to me that the pandemic impact on the other 99.83% of the workforce is what's probably moving the needle on any recent employment trends.
Also long covid which can render people unable to work or issues like taking care of people who are sick or immunocompromised people who used to work outside but can't now.
The people demanding "let 'er rip" got what they wanted - mass death to avoid personal inconvenience - and it turns out that they're getting an economic cost anyway.