Although there is no simple way to distinguish a viral sore throat from a bacterial sore throat (strep throat), sometimes you can distinguish between the two based on your symptoms:

http://www.originaldrugs.com/blog/general/...he-differences/

Is this spam or what. Firefox comes up with a big red warning on that link.

yes it is spam

The link opens up fine for me and does not appear to me commercial, just informative. OP has been a member for over a year and made other posts not related to the linkl shown here. So I don't think it is spam....just someone sharing something they thought might be useful (perhaps because of the cool weather?).

actually you are right i looked again and they don't seem to be selling anything.