I have mild COVID right now, not horrible but still feel like my brain is a deflated basketball, and I spent hours fighting with myself whether I feel "sick enough" to ne justified in calling out of my work from home job. i don't know when the boss in my head was put there but I hate it and it feels like every day i have to work to reclaim my autonomy and sense of humanity from the capitalist urge to tie my self worth to work
I feel you.
Fwiw your boss probably doesn’t care unless they’re a jerk