I think it's a terrible analogy
A good analogy would capture the spirit of what is actually going on. There is concern over something that may or may not be happening. Even the best minds on the proponent side admit that their models are far from proven and there are infinite changing parameters that need to be guesstimated on an ongoing basis.
This isn't a pack a day guy with three doctors maintaining that lung cancer and smoking doesn't exist.
Hell with global science and some recent doubt on numbers I'm not sure they can even safely prove the guy is sick at all.
So you can take out his lungs because he's smoking and doesn't have any symptoms that can be pinned down, or you can just suggest he stop smoking.
That's your analogy ... why do evasive surgery on a guy that nobody knows for sure is sick, when some pretty obvious and logical preventative measures can be taken now and avoid everyone a big life threatening mistake.
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