From e70b0e9f478c21bc0dc9706c51edc22b0d95733b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nat DeFries <42820733+nmdefries@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:33:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] note historic urls don't need to be updated

---
 src/acquisition/rvdss/constants.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/acquisition/rvdss/constants.py b/src/acquisition/rvdss/constants.py
index 769083394..7bbb03746 100644
--- a/src/acquisition/rvdss/constants.py
+++ b/src/acquisition/rvdss/constants.py
@@ -73,8 +73,13 @@
 ALTERNATIVE_SEASON_BASE_URL = "www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/bid-bmi/dsd-dsm/rvdi-divr/"
 HISTORIC_SEASON_REPORTS_URL + "/en/public-health/services/surveillance/respiratory-virus-detections-canada/{year_range}.html"
 
-# Each URL created here points to a list of all data reports made during that season, e.g.
+# Each URL created here points to a list of all data reports made during that
+# season, e.g.
 # https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/surveillance/respiratory-virus-detections-canada/2014-2015.html.
+# The Public Health Agency of Canada site switched in 2024 to reporting
+# disease data in a dashboard with a static URL. Therefore, this collection
+# of URLs does _NOT_ need to be updated. It is used for fetching historical
+# data (for dates on or before June 8, 2024) only.
 HISTORIC_SEASON_URL = (HISTORIC_SEASON_REPORTS_URL.format(year_range = year_range) for year_range in
     (
         "2013-2014",