have and that you won't need antibiotics and won't be contagious after 5 days of being sick. As opposed to not being sure if it COVID, Influenza, or something else.

Though at the end of the day that's kind of parsing hairs at value (and probably not the reason his boss is telling them to get a COVID test) because the "treatment" for COVID really isn't any different than the "treatment" that someone would have for any other cold (rest, fluids, etc.)