I Suddenly Realized Just the Other Day, And Am Convinced It Ain't Merely An Incredible Coincidence, That Aotearoa-New Zealand Has Seen its Dramatic and Wholly Unexpected Resurgence of 'the Covid' (as One Talkback Host Quaintly Refers to It) in the Immediate Aftermath Of Its All-Time Triumphant Showing at the Recent Tokyo Olympics...

 Hey, didn't the all-wise Master & the all-wise King Solomon both declare and warn that the proud and/or exalted one/s ought to take/pay due heed lest s/he/they fall?

And did(n't) we get just a mite bit cocky and self-assured as the Tokyo Olympics progressed and then ended? 

Just askin', folks...

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