Vlogger Charles Michael Duke, 22, posts comedy songs and videos about life with cystic fibrosis on YouTube.

People with CF shouldn’t meet face to face due to fear of cross-contamination. So they hang out online, where Charles feeds the community with his niche CF references such as having fingers like ET and potent flatulence caused by a low-functioning pancreas.

The Southampton-based actor has been waiting two and a half years for a double lung transplant and is working hard to stay well enough for the operation.

Interview by Emma Tracey

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