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A member asked:
Can holding a 350 million year old rock give u tetanus by just holding it. it was at a show?
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I could see how a rock that old that had been lying someplace where is got animal feces on it that contained the tetanus bug punctured you finger or hand and innoculated you with tetanus could give you it. Tetanus did not exist 350 million years ago. Was the 'rock" igneous or sedimentary? Former should be sterile if untouched since.
Answered 3/19/2022
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