I'm experiencing scratchy throat, sore muscles all over, aches, pains and stiffness in my joints, headache; a general case of the blahs.

My sympathies, Your Randyness. It seems like the 'blahs' are doing the a global round trip.
I feel sick today too. But back to the question, it's absolutely permissable to get your throat massaged under the circumstances, if that's what you want )

Maybe you have the scourge of social media....you could be pregnant.

That depends on whether Sharonna has had her flu shot.

Make your peace with gods and men. Bye.