fix new cases axis upper bounds for spikey data, improved landing page comment

all_countries.py

@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ import time as time_module
 import pickle
 basename="all_"
 
+# manual y adjustments for new cases
+corr = {"Chile": 10000,
+        "China": 4000,
+        "Ecuador": 2500,
+        "Kazakhstan": 5000,
+        "Kyrgyztan": 2200,
+        "Peru": 10000,
+}
+
 def plot(data, countries, pop):
     figsize = (10,5)
 
@@ -30,6 +39,9 @@ def plot(data, countries, pop):
         # fix lower bound of plot
         for ax in (ax1, ax2):
             axis = ax.axis()
+            if ax is ax1: # adjust left (new cases) axes upper boundary for given countries
+                if loc in corr:
+                    axis = [axis[0], axis[1], axis[2], corr[loc]]
             ax.axis([axis[0], axis[1], -1, axis[3]])
 
         # if we know population: plot 500 new cases / 1million inhabitants as a rough measure for comparison