Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration’s top Covid doctor, appeared on MSNBC on Thursday and had a confession for the American people.

Remember those lockdowns that forced people to miss funerals of loved ones, made millions of children miss school, and caused thousands of businesses to shutter their doors forever? Those were to force people to get vaccinated, according to Fauci himself. Watch:

“How concerning is the outbreak in China?” Andrea Mitchell asked. “We see the lockdown in Shanghai and the State Department now ordering families out, all non-essential workers out of Shanghai?”