You did not read it wrong. There is a psychological 'vaccine' against partaking of misinformation. As describe in this article.
Of course the victims of this infection are never going to read it, but I did, and so can you.
From Scientific American (a magazine for smart people like us..)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/theres-a-psychological-vaccine-against-misinformation/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/theres-a-psychological-vaccine-against-misinformation/
Good article, thank you.
An off-topic gripe - Sci. Am. is one of those sites that loads badly for me, (Firefox here) the Guardian is another. Both sites that I regularly visit, ggrrr!