It's only appropriate to have a tribute to his Airness.
Well if they have both Hal and Sinestro this early in the story, I think it's fair to assume Hal would get the DCeased treatment. At least it will look good with Schmidt doing the art, but this story doesn't sound promising to me and Tynion is yet to impress me anyway.
I mean I have to base my response on what I read in the actual book, but personally I feel like Hal should fair better this time around. He only got turned in DCeased because the way the virus was transferred on screens and he unfortunately looked at his phone. Here Hal has to actually be physically attacked by a vampire, who I think he can take as a man wielding light.
However...given that it appears Sinestro is taken off the board real quick, maybe Hal better watch his back.
"It's fun and it's cool, so that's all that matters. It's what comics are for, Duh."
Words to live by.
Vampires are sometimes depicted as having psychic powers, so if one were to sap the willpower of a ring-bearer...
Plus, it's just an old trope in vampire stories that the character you see early on tends to... bite the dust.