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[size=34]Nashville mayor's office and health department 'concealed data showing low infection rates of just 22 coronavirus cases linked to bars and restaurants' while enforcing crippling shutdowns, leaked emails reveal[/size]

• Emails show Mayor John Cooper's senior adviser and health department officials discussing how much coronavirus data they should release publicly 
  
  
• In at least two instances in June and July, the officials chose not to disclose data which showed very few cases linked to bars and restaurants on lower Broadway  
  
  
• City Councilman Steve Glover accused city officials of orchestrating a cover-up
  
  
• He charged that the officials used 'fabricated' data to justify restrictions that have run many of Nashville's bars and restaurants out of business  
  
  

By MEGAN SHEETS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 
PUBLISHED: 12:23 EDT, 17 September 2020 | UPDATED: 14:05 EDT, 17 September 2020






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Nashville Mayor John Cooper's office has been accused of concealing coronavirus data about bars and restaurants after emails purportedly sent between top city officials were leaked. Cooper is pictured in February
The Nashville mayor's office and health department have been accused of concealing some coronavirus data after emails purportedly sent between top officials were leaked. 
The emails obtained by WZTV appear to show Mayor John Cooper's senior adviser and officials in the Metro Nashville Health Department (MNHD) discussing how much information they should release publicly about cases linked to bars and restaurants on lower Broadway - the heart of the city's nightlife scene. 
In at least two instances in June and July, the officials chose not to release the specific numbers which showed that relatively few cases had been linked to bars and restaurants. 
Meanwhile, bars and restaurants around Davidson County, which includes Nashville, were struggling to stay afloat with limited capacity after being forced to close down for two months from March to May.  



While the correspondence revealed in WZTV's report is limited - showing only parts of email threads with portions cut off - it has raised questions about why officials would seek to hide data about a public health emergency from the people directly affected by it.

While the correspondence revealed in WZTV's report is limited - showing only parts of email threads with portions cut off - it has raised questions about why officials would seek to hide data about a public health emergency from the people directly affected by it.
Neither the mayor's office nor the MNHD would verify the authenticity of the emails, the outlet reported, but City Councilmember Steve Glover said he received confirmation that they were real.
Glover accused city officials of orchestrating a cover-up as they used unreleased data to justify restrictions that have run dozens of establishments out of busi


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Emails obtained by WZTV appear to show Mayor Cooper's senior adviser and officials in the Metro Nashville Health Department discussing how much information they should release publicly about cases linked to bars and restaurants on lower Broadway (pictured) 


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Nashville City Councilmember Steve Glover (pictured) accused city officials of orchestrating a cover-up as they refused to release the data they were using to justify business restrictions

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The first email thread from June 19 showed Mayor Cooper's senior adviser Benjamin Eagles and MNHD epidemiologist Leslie Waller discussing a small contract tracing study of known coronavirus clusters. 
The results showed that more than a thousand COVID-19 cases had been linked to construction and nursing homes - while bars and restaurants had just 22 cases. 
'This isn't going to be publicly released, right? Just info for Mayor's Office?' Waller wrote. 
'Correct, not for public consumption,' Eagles replied. 



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The first email thread from June 19 showed Mayor Cooper's senior adviser Benjamin Eagles (left) and MNHD Epidemiologist Leslie Waller (right) discussing a small contract tracing study of known coronavirus clusters


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'This isn't going to be publicly released, right? Just info for Mayor's Office?' Waller wrote in an email show above


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Eagles replied to Waller's inquiry saying: 'Correct, not for public consumption'


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Critics have argued that the contract tracing results should have been released because they showed that just 22 cases had been linked to bars and restaurants on Broadway (pictured)
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In another email thread from July 30, Tennessean reporter Nate Rau reached out to MNHD Communications Director Brian Todd seeking clarification on the agency's claim that 'more than 80 cases' had been traced to bars and restaurants



Todd forwarded Rau's email to five colleagues and asked: 'Please advise how you recommend I respond'



One of the officials, whose name was not visible in the emails reported by WZTV, replied instructing Todd to remain vague on the issue
After the mayor's office and MNHD declined to verify the emails to WZTV without an official Freedom of Information Act request, Councilmember Glover had a metro staff attorney look into it.  
'I was able to get verification from the Mayor's Office and the Department of Health that these emails are real,' the staff attorney said.  
Glover charged that the emails proved city officials have been 'fabricating information' about Nashville's coronavirus crisis. 
'They've blown their entire credibility,' he told WZTV. 'It's gone. I don't trust a thing they say going forward. Nothing.' 
The councilman said he's been contacted by an 'endless stream' of bartenders, waitresses and restaurant owners in downtown who are demanding to know why the city didn't release the low numbers of COVID-19 cases linked to their establishments.  
'We raised taxes 34 percent and put hundreds literally thousands of people out of work that are now worried about losing their homes, their apartments, et cetera, and we did it on bogus data,' Glover said. 
'That should be illegal.'  


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As of September 1, restaurants in Nashville are limited to 50 percent capacity for indoor dining and bars are allowed to serve a maximum of 25 patrons inside (file photo)
The mayor's office and MNHD did not immediately return DailyMail.com's request for comment. 
As of Thursday, 27,563 coronavirus cases and 284 deaths have been reported in Davidson County. 
The city modified Phase 2 of its reopening plan on September 1, allowing for 50 percent capacity for indoor dining at restaurants and a maximum of 25 patrons inside bars. Both bars and restaurants are required to close at 10.30pm.  
Bars are allowed to serve a maximum of 25 patrons inside and 25 outside, if social distancing can be maintained at that level.  
A running list by Eater Nashville indicates that at least 24 restaurant and bars in the city have been forced to close their doors due to the pandemic. 


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A running list by Eater Nashville indicates that at least 24 restaurant and bars in the city have been forced to close their doors due to the pandemic

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