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

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. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf