And? 100 cases in the USA and a 1000 in Japan over a year that does not seem like a high % of people having it
Also no way to know that all those cases are sushi related
In the best Daily Express click-baity fashion, it’s notable that they avoid providing absolute numbers and focus on the size of the multiplier. A more useful statistic would be the percentage of specimens found with the parasite and I would cynically tend towards the assumption that it’s not nearly so dramatic.
Here you go John I found the figures
A total of 123 papers published between 1967 and 2017 were analysed to determine if there was an increase in the presence of herring worm in fish. This involved 755 samples. A significant 283-fold increase in Anisakis detected over that period. The report asks “is this apparent increase in disease due to increased observation and sampling effort, or to an actual rise in the abundance of parasites and pathogens?” and concludes “This increase in Anisakis spp. abundance may have implications for human health, marine mammal health”
I could find no mention of sushi. I make my own sushi and do not use raw fish so I feel I am relatively safe but I thank Jac for alerting us to a possible cause for concern. I am worrying about eating oysters now.
Don’t worry about oysters unless you develop an allergic reaction to them.t hat’s far more serious and spoilt two consecutive Christmases before I realised what had happened.
So, no more Christmas oyster lunch with well-chilled Sancerre - one of life’s few regrets…
On no, what a disaster. You have my deepest sympathy DrH
I cannot imagine what possessed the first human being to eat an oyster or even how they managed to open it but I am eternally grateful.
Oysters and (ethical) foie gras are at the very top of the food taste league.
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Just found this on Google
Scientists exploring a cave in South Africa report evidence of shellfish dinners enjoyed by humans who lived 164,000 years ago. Anthropologists say the find could point to one of the earliest examples of modern behavior.
The discovery also calls to mind a line from 18th-century satirist Jonathan Swift: “He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.”
Hunger, no supermarkets back then. Same as eating a snail yuk!
Noooo. We were invited to an escargolade at a neighbouring farm. There were two large bowls of snails - one for men and one for women. I never understood the difference and didn’t want to show my ignorance by asking. It was a great social event and culinary experience.
Its the sauce to take away the taste that you probably enjoyed. 
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