Dr Anthony Fauci smirked, laughed and pleaded ignorance when asked on CNN about why the Biden administration had tweeted a claim that it had rolled-out COVID vaccines across the US. 

He said 'I just can't explain it,' when asked by CNN host Jake Tapper about the incorrect tweet Friday. 

Fauci added that he'd had nothing to do with the tweet being sent, and couldn't be held responsible for every social media post sent by the White House, for whom he serves as COVID tsar. 

'When President Biden took office, millions were unemployed and there was no vaccine available,' the offending missive read. 

'In the last 15 months, the economy has created 8.3M jobs and the unemployment rate stands at 3.6% - the fastest decline in unemployment to start a President's new term ever recorded,' a Thursday afternoon tweet read. 

The claim is incorrect. The first Covid-19 vaccination in the United States took place in December 2020 when former President Donald Trump was still resident in at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.