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The recent authorization by regulatory agencies across the world to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines marks an important turning point in the pandemic. The unprecedented attempt to achieve widescale vaccine coverage, however, has been met with an onslaught of false and misleading information [1]. Misinformation has the potential to adversely affect vaccine uptake. For example, almost 40% of Americans now say they would not get the vaccine and a recent study found that belief in COVID-19 misinformation significantly reduced willingness to get the vaccine [2, 3]. Accordingly, it is critical to ramp up defenses against the on-going wave of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and utilize effective strategies aimed at curbing its influence. A common method to combat vaccine misinformation involves debunking false claims. Though seemingly intuitive, research has found that this approach can exacerbate …