Christiaan Van Vuuren

Who is Christiaan Van Vuuren?

Christiaan Van Vuuren is a video blogger on YouTube from Sydney, Australia, using the nickname The Fully Sick Rapper. He was in quarantine in a Sydney hospital twice for Tuberculosis. His first quarantine episode began when he started coughing up blood and an x-ray revealed a hole in his lung: he was admitted to hospital on 9 December 2009 and placed in isolation on 11 December 2009. While in quarantine he produced his first video "I'm not sick, but I'm sick sick" not knowing this was merely the beginning of both worldwide popularity and half a year of quarantine. This first period of quarantine ended on 2 January 2010. Van Vuuren was readmitted on 18 January 2010 when his tuberculosis proved resistant to medication. He was finally released from quarantine on 28 June 2010 after producing many more videos about his experience in isolation.

Van Vuuren's humorous videos and unique outlook on his medical situation have garnered attention both within Australia as well as worldwide, and he has been featured on television programs such as Nine Network's Today Show.

His videos have received nearly one million hits and led to the World Health Organization contacting him to help promote World Tuberculosis Day. His Facebook page has attracted over 14,000 people. Men are said to "swoon when he dances in his underwear" and women have reportedly sent naked photos to him.