Here is the CDC’s case definition for COVID-19: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/case-definition/2020/
It has not changed substantively in over a year. Your false narrative is exposed.
Clinical Criteria
At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)
OR
At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing
OR
Severe respiratory illness with at least one of the following:
Clinical or radiographic evidence of pneumonia, OR
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
AND
No alternative more likely diagnosis
Epidemiologic Linkage
One or more of the following exposures in the 14 days before onset of symptoms:Close contact** with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 disease; OR
Close contact** with a person with:
clinically compatible illness AND
linkage to a confirmed case of COVID-19 disease.
Travel to or residence in an area with sustained, ongoing community transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Member of a risk cohort as defined by public health authorities during an outbreak.
**Close contact is defined as being within 6 feet for at least a period of 10 minutes to 30 minutes or more depending upon the exposure. In healthcare settings, this may be defined as exposures of greater than a few minutes or more. Data are insufficient to precisely define the duration of exposure that constitutes prolonged exposure and thus a close contact.
Criteria to Distinguish a New Case from an Existing Case
Not applicable (N/A) until more virologic data are available.
Case Classification
Probable
Meets clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
Meets presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence.
Meets vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
...from your http above.
Close contact with a probable, is enough to make you a probable.
As long as you have symptoms.
Even without confirmatory lab testing.
And all you need for. that is fever & headache or sore throat (no alternative more likely diagnosis).
(HEY WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE DIAGNOSED CASES OF THE FLU? WENT TO DAMN NEAR ZERO.)
My god this is like shooting fish in a barrel.