I used to have impending doom with almost any sore throat, but between the respirators and the pollen bullshit, my priors on a more generic sore throat leading to anything worse have eventually gotten to be pretty low.

My priors on "feeling, for hours on end, like there's something stuck in your throat (though not in a way that actually impedes airflow)" being a sign of bigger problems remain rather higher. (Moment to moment, it's *less* physically unpleasant than the sore throat I woke up with (which was a clear continuation of the last couple of days), but mentally it's a lot more concerning.)