If the Degasi crew never got wet, would they have been able to disable the QEP?
The PDA described "waterborne" bacteria, and since they stayed in a lifepod until they drifted to the island, lets say the lifepod naturally floated and beached itself on the island without the help of the survivors. If they made some kind of boat (illegal, I know), would they have been able to access the other island and stay healthy?
Lets say only one of them went to salvage the Degasi, and for some reason didnt come in contact with the other two.