 Direct summands of flat modules are flat

If $F=P\oplus Q$ is a flat module, then $P$ and $Q$ are flat. For an injection $u:U\hookrightarrow V$, distributivity of the tensor product of modules identifies $u\otimes F$ with $(u\otimes P)\oplus (u\otimes Q)$. This map is injective by flatness of $F$. Each component is therefore injective, proving flatness of both summands.