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AFAIK, there was/is exception for medical (treatment) fluids. However, I think that OP did not have an encounter with "a stupid/misinformed/... person" but with a person who did his/her job properly - contact lenses cleaning fluid cannot be considered as a medical treatment fluid...
Of course, question about the stupidity of this regulation per se is something completely different...