Ignore all the news stories including Breitbart (smh)... saying that Floyd had coronavirus. True he did, but it's a side story.

Allow me to break this down for you. First... let's talk numbers and nomenclature.

-Analgesia = pain control. You're awake, breathing, and feeling fine.

-Anesthesia = You are unconscious. Usually, your brain is not telling you to breath either, so you need to be ventilated. This is usually done with a ventilator, bag mask, or mouth to mouth resuscitation.

Fentanyl Plasma Levels for...

Analgesia = 1-2 ng/mL

Anesthesia = 10-20 ng/mL

Floyd's plasma level was 11 ng/mL. That's not subjective. It's a lab report. It's not an arguable point. It was drawn at the hospital some time after the arrest video.

Here's likely what happened and why.

At some point during the police interaction, or just prior, he ate his stash of fentanyl. He did not inject it... because the almost instantaneous peak plasma level would have lead to instant death (by 'cardiopulmonary arrest'). He would have been found slumped over the steering wheel.

However... if Floyd INGESTed fentanyl... the blood level slowly increases... peaking somewhere between 50 to 150 minutes.

So initially... he's fine. 1-2 ng/mL ... he's not complaining about those tight cuffs anymore. His shoulder doesn't hurt. He's actually starting to act a little euphoric. Some time passes.

5 ng/mL... suspect is becoming drowsy. Still talking. Still breathing.

Little bit later... uh oh... we're now approaching ANESTHESIA levels of fentanyl in the blood. He's not responding anymore. Shallow breathing and there is still a pulse.

Levels still increasing. Now at 11 ng/mL. He's not responding and just stopped breathing. FUCK. Now his heart starts tweaking out because of lack of oxygen. 30 secs later, heart stops completely. Cardiopulmonary arrest.

Note that the blood is no longer pumping, so the fentanyl level in the blood should remain relatively unchanged. It's no longer being broken down by the liver, or being absorbed from the bowel (both of which require blood to be moving).

When his blood level of fentanyl hit anesthesia levels. He died. His blood level came back as 11 ng/mL. The anesthesia dosage is 10-20 ng/mL. Case closed. The knee to the back of the neck had nothing to do with it. Not that any of this matters anymore, who is George Floyd anyway?