Yes, an old board with rusty staples is gross and should absolutely not be used as plating.
However, that’s not how tetanus works. You don’t get it from random rusty bits of metal, you get it if you’re cut by something ant the bacteria that lives in soil is able to infect you, from, say, a rusty nail concealed in dirt that scratches you.
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Yes, an old board with rusty staples is gross and should absolutely not be used as plating.
However, that’s not how tetanus works. You don’t get it from random rusty bits of metal, you get it if you’re cut by something ant the bacteria that lives in soil is able to infect you, from, say, a rusty nail concealed in dirt that scratches you.