My throat is starting to hurt! How can I prevent getting sick tomorrow?!

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Take a z-pack... IF you are close to mexico you can get them accross the border. If not take some airbourne! Gargle with warm salt water. Take lots of Vitamin C (eat oranges or get some vitamins)

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To answer your question as asked, you can't. At this stage of the game if you are going to be sick then it is too late to prevent it. However there are things you can do to help ease the discomfort until you can see a Dr. if it gets to that point. Take your temperature first, that's usually a good indicator of if/how sick you are, also are the glands in your neck swollen? That's another indicator that something is wrong. Try gargling with salt water, that's safe and won't hurt you. I'm not sure of your age so I won't suggest a medication for you to try. That's a good way to get yourself in trouble-self medicating when you don't know what you are doing. If you are an adult or close to it, check with a Pharmacist otherwise let your parents take care of that end.
I hope this has helped you

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Gargle with some salt water (just put normal table salt in a cup of water) for about a minute. Also it helps to drink warm cinnamon tea.