Here's the real story behind that viral funeral home anti-vaccine ad

But there’s no real funeral home involved.

It was a prank with a message.

“Get vaccinated.”

A funeral home!"

The agency chose the name Wilmore for the neighborhood where the company is located, Oakley told the station.

If not, see you soon."

It links to ahealthcare sitewhere users can sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Wilmore hoax hit home for some people, even if the funeral home doesn’t really exist.

“Wilmore Funeral Home, we applaud you!”

wrote one person on Twitter.

Said another,“Dope ad campaign for the Wilmore Funeral Home.”

Wilmore Funeral Home, we applaud you!

We can wait."

was across the highway from a company that makes burial vaults.

For decades they had a billboard facing the highway “Drive Safely - We Can Wait.

“Sheepishly admit I was in my 20s before I got the joke.