Flu but who cares

Ok so I'm pretty sure my husband has flu. His symptoms coincide more for flu than for COVID. Even the nurse out our place of employment thinks its flu. Well called our dr to get him tested for flu. They referred him to the health dept. Health dept said they will not test him for flu but want to test for COVID. Hes already been tested few days ago by our employer and was negative. I said ok if you test for COVID and he's negative will you test for flu. The answer no. I said well if hes flu positive he cant go around spreading flu. They have no answer. Thankfully we live close to a stateline and a clinic over in the next state said to bring him over for flu testing because it sounds like you to them and not COVID. My home county is only interested in COVID and doesn't care about anyone else.