Soak Damage in the Blue Rather Than Put Yourself in a Position That Will Get You Shot
Early in the game, the blue doesn't do much damage. If you've grabbed a lot of food (and you should have) you can generally weather it. The later in the game you are, the less blue you can handle, obviously.
If you manage to get a Nimbus and IV, and have a couple high end pieces of food.. you can sit in the blue most of the game. I don't recommend you purposely play to hide in the blue (I've seen some people do that) but sometimes you just get bad circles and eating some blue is generally better than eating some bullets.