The Skeptic Zone #672 - 22.August.2021

<table border="0" summary="new show" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:00:00</em> <div><strong>Introduction</strong><br /> Richard Saunders</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:03:05</em> <div><strong>5G Disinformation</strong><br /> <br /> Special guest <strong>Pascual Romero</strong> from the 'Squaring the Strange' podcast gives us his opinions on a full page of 5G misinformation that appeared in the pages of the 'Byron Shire Echo' newspaper from the Northern Rivers of NSW, the heartland of conspiracy theorists in Australia.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://issuu.com/echopublications/docs/byronecho3609/14">https://issuu.com/echopublications/docs/byronecho3609/14</a><br /> <br /> <a href= "https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4677">https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4677</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:14:00</em> <div><strong>"Freedom" Protests in Australia</strong><br /> <br /> As the Delta variation of COVID-19 leads to the extention of lockdowns in Australia, we report on some of the violent "freedom" and protests in Melbourne and Sydney. Also a live cross to Darwin where our reporter <strong>Michelle Franklin</strong> updates us on more peacful protests in the Northern Territory.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:24:45</em> <div><strong>More COVID-19 Crazy</strong><br /> <br /> Customers shun masks in Mullumbimby and Byron Bay post offices and the union takes action. Also the bizzare silent protest in the city of Perth in Western Australia by a group of Anti-Vaxers. With comments by <strong>Susan Gerbic, Adrienne Hill, Leonard Tramiel, Louis Hillman</strong> and <strong>Kelly Burke.</strong><br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/security-guards-sent