It seems to me you're confusing the grammar. The people are not reprehensible: reprehensible refers to the situation, instead. The situation in which two-year-o

It seems to me you're confusing the grammar. The people are not reprehensible: reprehensible refers to the situation, instead. The situation in which two-year-olds are left without proper medical care and parents are left without any safety net is reprehensible. One should not paint the situation as wonderful when it is bad. Of course the people involved are simply trying their best, and trying to "make the best of a bad situation".