How convinced was your boss when you gave them this ChatGPT response to justify you 1 week absence?
When to stay home When symptoms are at their worst: It’s best to stay home when symptoms like fever, fatigue, and aches are most severe.
Your fever, fatigue, and aches were most severe for an entire work week!? If true, you should have been hospitalized. If you're using an LLM to do your work for you, you need to proof read it to make sure it actually support your position.
I can tell you that if you continue to hold this position, you will continue to have difficulty keeping employment.