Rabies is transferred through saliva i believe so a scratch wouldnt give you rabies. Also if its been a month and your only symptom is a sore throat then i would say youre good. You probably got the sore throat from something you picked up going to the doctors office or hospital. One of my highschool teachers had a rabid fox go after his daughter and grandkids so he grabbed it and strangled it. He went through the rabies series of shots and is perfectly fine today. He started the shots pretty soon afterwards i believe so if you did get rabies from the cat you would probably already be dead by now
...according to webmd of course
Punch that part of the ticket on his man card! That guy is a BOSS!, lol! Glad he's okay after that and what a story to tell at the bar, lol!