Certain social distancing measures are counterintuitive

I want to congratulate the federal and provincial governments for reinforcement of social distancing,[1] such as fining the violators,[2] which is probably an effective strategy to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Nevertheless, I cannot help but notice the double-standard the governments have on the public versus large companies. For instance, several domestic and international flights in Canada have been cancelled due to significant reduction of passengers.[3] That could be a cost-saving move by these flight companies.[4] That result in several passengers being crowded into a few aircrafts that defeat the purpose of social distancing. Ironically, when these flight companies are elaborating how they bring Canadians home amid this global pandemic,[5] they are actually increasing the risk of COVID-19 transmission by cancellation of their flights. Perhaps, these flight companies should also be fined each time they fail to provide a passenger a 2-meter social distance space in aircraft.

I also heard of medical schools prohibiting their students, who were in their out-of-province electives, to return home by flights. I wonder whether the risk of COVID-19 transmission is even worse when these students carpool and interact with various strangers in gas stations and hotels. I understand we currently have only limited evidence-based measures to halt COVID-19 transmission. However, if we logically think about it, these aforementioned strategies are somewhat counterintuitive.