live by the virion ... die by the virion

from nyt today

The main culprit is politics. Only about 60 percent of Republican
adults are vaccinated, compared with about 75 percent of independents
and more than 90 percent of Democrats, according to Kaiser. And
Republicans are both disproportionately white and older. Together,
these facts help explain why the white death rate has recently been
higher than the Asian, Black or Latino rate.