Steve, of course a 2.2K resistor will remove it. That's not a short, it's 2.2K, a resistance value within the range of the stock sensor which is, after all, nothing but a thermistor.
A short would be the input directly connected to E2 and the ecu wouldn't accept that. I don't know much about the MaftPro but that dummied up 2.2K THA input could be a problem if it doesn't represent the climate where you run the car. Since it's a constant though it may not. Depends on how the MaftPro does things.
*Edit*...A quick check shows 2.2K to be around 60-68 degrees F so it's not a problem. It represents what the stock sensor would output at that temp. Hardly what I'd call a short