Well, at least I see no promise of transparency in the "new way" so it's not like not delivering on it is a failure. Well, it is, but it wasn't promised.
A significant problem was secrecy and things not happening the way they should have because of said secrecy, multiple arbitrary exemptions from the norm, none of which were justified. Once those things were exposed, they were forced to admit to those failings, which were protected only because of the secrecy under which the arbitrary exemptions were executed.
An organization that cannot deliver anything should not have this much power over millions of lives, completely unaccountable and without independent oversight. None of the people responsible for the old reviews and how they were published have any stake in the matter, it doesn't affect a damn thing in their lives so they can take all the time they want. This is why things are so terrible, they are completely detached from what they leave behind and they never have to, Marie Antoinette syndrome, or whatever.
Especially as the pandemic obviously raised the stakes, which Cochrane clearly does not understand.
