Flawed reasoning Health Posted on: 2021-03-15 Oxygen in the air doesn’t prevent people from getting tetanus through cuts with dirty or rusty objects; the vaccine is important to prevent infection Claim: “The tetanus bacteria is an anaerobic bacteria. That means that it cannot live in the presence of oxygen. You cannot get tetanus by stepping on a rusty nail.“ Source: Facebook, Steven Baker, 2021-03-07