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human
ELI5: Why eating Sushi is healthy and safe and why other raw meats can't achieve this.

I was always curious about this. Anyone care to help?
gpt
It all depends on the likelihood of parasites and how the meat was handled. There's nothing wrong with raw beef, for example.

The problem with raw chicken is that it's often contaminated with salmonella and raw pork can have trichinosis. Cooking is necessary to kill those pathogens. They could theoretically be okay if not contaminated (but that's a very risky and nasty if).

On the other hand, some fish are not always safe to eat raw either. Swordfish can have parasitic worms and must be checked thoroughly.