"Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
How conspiracy theories about 5G mobile networks, emergency alert systems, and vaccines evolved into the Oct. 4 zombie apocalypse theory.
On Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. EDT, the zombie apocalypse was supposed to begin, not with a bang, but with an unpleasant screeching sound coming from every phone in the United States. At that precise moment, the multiyear plans of shadowy elites would finally become reality, and by using 5G mobile networks and the emergency alert system, they would turn vaccinated people into zombies—or so claimed a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) that has been viewed over 10 million times. [...]
