Urgency, fear, and a single-minded focus on the risks of a pandemic shut down my ability to think things through. In the rush to do something, I did something terrible.
Really admire the author who needs to make a decision directly affecting multiple lives. The nearly unpredictable consequence of the roadblock causing the deaths of many mothers and children must be a huge burden for him.
This also relates a lot to our current circumstance: is strict social distancing the best solution? Is there a high probability of tragedy stemming from that, especially to the poor in our current pandemic?
