Outbreak: Ginger Nation

It starts as a weird internet meme — a few viral TikToks of people waking up with red hair, freckles, and suddenly craving tea and shortbread. Everyone laughs it off as “gingeritis,” until a small UK town goes into lockdown as more and more people turn into redheads overnight.

No one’s dying, no one’s exactly violent, but the “infected” start acting strangely polite yet suspiciously organized, and their numbers keep growing. The worst part? No one can figure out how it spreads — not airborne, not by touch, not by food.

As society spirals into panic, two celebrity “patient zeros” emerge: Ed Sheeran and Rupert Grint. They insist they’re not involved… but they seem to know more than they’re saying.