Letter to the editor: Don’t be that guy – be that hero Gotten both COVID shots? Great – but that’s not a license to put others at risk by suddenly stopping protective measures. Share “He got vaccinated and now I am cooked.” My friend is almost crying. “It’s been exhausting keeping him safe, now it’s me who is not,” she adds. While inoculated themselves, the vaccinated can still transmit the virus to those who are not, like this fellow’s wife. After she protected her older husband all year, he is putting her at risk by not wearing a mask in public and hanging out with unvaccinated friends from multiple households.