When this whole thing was still starting, I half jokingly said all these restrictions reminded me of a character from the Red Lantern comics. He was from a species where physical contact was forbidden, to the extent that his species lived in individual pods and always wore full pressure suits when they went outside. He was arrested and expelled from his society because he was caught arranging a meeting with another person in real life. I think there was even something about being supposed to wear a mask/the suit even when video calling someone.

It's starting to seem far too likely to think of it as even partially a joke anymore, though.