thenammagazine
Super Freak
I don't think she was harsh. I think she was wrong. She acted out of panic, short-sightedness and insufficient evidence. A smart leader doesn't. (A crazy 10 year old girl might.)
Hershel's approach had nothing to do with some bumbling caricature. He was the only functioning caregiver and he did it on one, elderly leg. He was going from one crisis to the next. Even then he only presided over one more death than Carol. Everyone else lived.
Who's incompetence would have killed them all? The bumbling healer? Or the anxiety driven executioner?
Carol only "killed" two infected who would've died anyway (remember, Hershall hadn't thought of a remedy yet). Hershall's method got 3 people killed even after developing a remedy, because he didn't lock the cells until the dying doctor bullied him into it. You tell me.