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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Terminator] If John Connor almost choked to death, but was saved by the Heimlich maneuver, and it somehow became public knowledge, would Skynet send a terminator back to assassinate Doctor Heimlich?

Would they?

Or would they figure it would have too much collateral damage?

Does the timeline even work like that?
gpt
No. 

Skynet can't afford a big screw-up in the timeline; it needs to undermine the Resistance without past-nastifing itself out of existence. Whacking a historical "celebrity" (even a minor one like Heimlich) could have unforseen, bizarre consequences, and there are lower impact ways to try and get Connor.