I say don't pull Shep. People need to see the scope of this disaster. If anyone one of us were in Shep's shoes, we would be the same way. Shep did show a dead body earlier; however, I feel that is justified b/c reality needs to be shown. Actually seeing a body hits hard compared to just hearing numbers of how many are dead.
And we have our first candidate for the preview and editing of the live shots.
I posit that you have never seen or handled a corpse.
Driving the population to hysteria is NOT helpful. It drives up gas prices for one.
I have seen seasoned Police Officers lose it particularly when it is a child that is lost. This is too much for the average person to bear especially if they are watching it for hours at a time. You can see the warning signs, they need to rotate these guys before they have a permanent mental breakdown. I knew a great officer that had one too many scenes that he could not handle and I talked to him about taking time off for weeks. He did not take the time off, and ended his life with a shotgun. He was a 12 year veteran and he could not handle the daily onslaught any longer. If veteran PO's cannot handle it sometimes, we should not expect Shep to or any other civilian.