You are right. Truly essential people still hold all the cards, and employees know this. Any fromt his group who says no will be allowed to stay on.
But sadly there are very few truly essential people these days. 90% of the workforce are replaceable by unskilled workers from Mexico, or skilled workers from India & China.
There will be no mandates from some moldering old Washington parasite that shits his pants here.
People forget, Dr Dog Killer and the Matriarchs will only hold power until sensible adults return with the inescapable turn of the pendulum - it always happens
Another demoralization troll self-identifies.