Are you able to stay in the US and do the 1 year work after training on the OPT program? You could work as an CFI. Many have followed this route before. That would at least put some valuable flight time in your logbook and let the dust settle from CoVID.
I wouldn't go getting an EASA license just yet. For starters the theory takes at least 6 months and the whole thing will costs over $15k USDs. The job scene for pilots in the UK is non existent and nobody knows when it will get better.