Well we removed it. Used a giant Christmas tree bag to cover the plant, leaving it in the cage, cut the stem (leaving enough for a 'handle") took the plant/cage/bag thing away from the garden and teased it out of the cage while in the bag. Removed the root and covered the dirt with weedblock.
It's tempting to salvage the ripe cherry tomatoes from it (still tasty), but thinking I might spread the spores or whatever in the house and infect the remaining plants, so I should probably just let them go.
Part of me thinks I'm overthinking the whole thing (it reminded me of Covid and being super germ conscious), but at least I'll know I did what I could do, if the remaining plants get diseased.
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