1.   Anyone who wants to avoid the flu should consider getting a vaccination.

2.   She washes her hands frequently to avoid germs and she is staying in a local hotel to avoid the flu that is going around the Olympic Village.

3.   Web surfers can get the latest enfluenza outbreak information on a site called the Flu-o-Meter which also includes information about how to avoid the flu.

4.   Monto found that more than two-thirds of adults who used the drug for four weeks avoided the flu, compared with a group that received a placebo.

5.   The best reason to get a flu shot, he said, is to avoid the flu.