diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/LandingPage.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/LandingPage.jsx
index 4eefddc..c5f1c2e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/LandingPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/LandingPage.jsx
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ function useCalmMotion() {
  * depends on an optional API to become visible is content that disappears.
  */
 function useReveal() {
+  const [ref, shown] = useInView()
+  return [ref, shown ? 'lp-reveal is-in' : 'lp-reveal']
+}
+
+/** True once the element has been scrolled into view, and true thereafter. */
+function useInView() {
   const ref = useRef(null)
   const [shown, setShown] = useState(typeof IntersectionObserver === 'undefined')
 
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ function useReveal() {
     return () => observer.disconnect()
   }, [shown])
 
-  return [ref, shown ? 'lp-reveal is-in' : 'lp-reveal']
+  return [ref, shown]
 }
 
 function Reveal({ children, className = '' }) {
@@ -109,9 +115,16 @@ function Reveal({ children, className = '' }) {
  */
 function useCountUp(target, animate) {
   const [shown, setShown] = useState(animate ? 0 : target)
+  //: Whether this counter has already run. It starts when the figures come
+  //: into view, which is a state change after mount — without this, anything
+  //: that re-renders the section afterwards would send the number back to zero
+  //: and count it up again.
+  const done = useRef(false)
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (done.current) { setShown(target); return undefined }
     if (!animate || typeof requestAnimationFrame !== 'function') { setShown(target); return undefined }
+    done.current = true
     const started = Date.now()
     let frame = requestAnimationFrame(function step() {
       const progress = Math.min(1, (Date.now() - started) / 1100)
@@ -148,6 +161,11 @@ function PublicFigures() {
   const calm = useCalmMotion()
   const [stats, setStats] = useState(null)
   const [failed, setFailed] = useState(false)
+  // Counted when the figures are on screen. They used to count on mount, which
+  // is while the visitor is still reading the hero two screens above — so the
+  // animation had finished long before anybody could see it, and the numbers
+  // simply appeared.
+  const [ref, inView] = useInView()
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let live = true
@@ -162,7 +180,7 @@ function PublicFigures() {
     .filter(([, value]) => Number.isFinite(value) && value > 0)
 
   return (
-    <section className="lp-section lp-section-raised">
+    <section className="lp-section lp-section-raised" ref={ref}>
       <div className="lp-inner">
         <div className="lp-head">
           <h2>What is in the bank today</h2>
@@ -172,7 +190,7 @@ function PublicFigures() {
           {figures.length > 0 && (
             <ul className="lp-figures" aria-label="What is in the bank today">
               {figures.map(([label, value]) => (
-                <Figure key={label} value={value} label={label} animate={!calm} />
+                <Figure key={label} value={value} label={label} animate={!calm && inView} />
               ))}
             </ul>
           )}
@@ -214,87 +232,6 @@ function Rotator({ calm }) {
 }
 
 // ── Contact form ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-function ContactForm() {
-  const [form, setForm] = useState({ name: '', email: '', type: 'question', message: '' })
-  const [captchaToken, setCaptchaToken] = useState('')
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
-  const [sent, setSent] = useState(false)
-  const [error, setError] = useState('')
-
-  const canSubmit = form.name && form.email && form.message && (!captchaSiteKey() || captchaToken)
-
-  const submit = async (e) => {
-    e.preventDefault()
-    setError('')
-    setLoading(true)
-    try {
-      await api.post('/contact', { ...form, captcha_token: captchaToken || null })
-      setSent(true)
-    } catch (err) {
-      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || 'Something went wrong. Please try again.')
-    } finally {
-      setLoading(false)
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (sent) return (
-    <div className="lp-sent">
-      <div className="lp-sent-mark" aria-hidden="true">✓</div>
-      <h3>Message received</h3>
-      <p>
-        {form.type === 'moderator'
-          ? "We'll review your application and get back to you."
-          : "We'll get back to you shortly."}
-      </p>
-    </div>
-  )
-
-  return (
-    <form onSubmit={submit} className="lp-form">
-      <div className="lp-form-row">
-        <div className="lp-field">
-          <label htmlFor="lp-contact-name">Name</label>
-          <input id="lp-contact-name" value={form.name} required maxLength={120}
-            placeholder="Your name"
-            onChange={e => setForm(f => ({ ...f, name: e.target.value }))} />
-        </div>
-        <div className="lp-field">
-          <label htmlFor="lp-contact-email">Email</label>
-          <input id="lp-contact-email" type="email" value={form.email} required
-            placeholder="you@example.com"
-            onChange={e => setForm(f => ({ ...f, email: e.target.value }))} />
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div className="lp-field">
-        <label htmlFor="lp-contact-message">Message</label>
-        <div className="lp-choice">
-          {[['question', '💬 Question'], ['moderator', '🛡 Apply as Moderator']].map(([val, label]) => (
-            <button key={val} type="button" aria-pressed={form.type === val}
-              onClick={() => setForm(f => ({ ...f, type: val }))}>{label}</button>
-          ))}
-        </div>
-        {form.type === 'moderator' && (
-          <p className="lp-hint">
-            Moderators can upload material and manage the question bank. Tell us about your
-            background and how you would like to contribute.
-          </p>
-        )}
-        <textarea id="lp-contact-message" className="lp-message" value={form.message} required rows={4} maxLength={2000}
-          placeholder={form.type === 'moderator'
-            ? 'Tell us about your background, specialty, and how you would like to help…'
-            : 'Your question or message…'}
-          onChange={e => setForm(f => ({ ...f, message: e.target.value }))} />
-      </div>
-      <Captcha onVerify={setCaptchaToken} />
-      {error && <div className="lp-error">{error}</div>}
-      <button type="submit" disabled={loading || !canSubmit} className="btn btn-primary">
-        {loading ? 'Sending…' : 'Send Message'}
-      </button>
-    </form>
-  )
-}
-
-// ── Auth modal (Sign In / Register as overlay) ──────────────────────────────
 function AuthModal({ mode, onClose, onSwitch }) {
   const { login, loginWithToken } = useAuth()
   const navigate = useNavigate()
@@ -835,7 +772,7 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
             <p>
               The same material, pointed at the ward instead of the exam: well visit
               planning from newborn to adolescence, developmental milestones, the full
-              AAP/ACIP schedule with a catch-up planner, weight-based dosing, and
+              vaccine schedule with a catch-up planner, weight-based dosing, and
               emergency pathways for sepsis, status epilepticus, RSI, burns and
               anaphylaxis.
             </p>
@@ -855,19 +792,6 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
         </div>
       </section>
 
-      {/* ── Contact ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
-      <section id="contact" className="lp-section lp-section-raised">
-        <div className="lp-inner-narrow">
-          <div className="lp-head">
-            <h2>Get in touch</h2>
-            <p>A question, or an offer to help write and review the bank. Both are welcome.</p>
-          </div>
-          <div className="lp-card-lg">
-            <ContactForm />
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </section>
-
       <footer className="lp-footer">
         <div className="lp-footer-inner">
           <span className="lp-footer-brand">
@@ -875,7 +799,6 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
           </span>
           <div className="lp-footer-links">
             <button onClick={() => setAuthModal('login')}>Sign In</button>
-            <a href="#contact">Contact</a>
             <a href="https://app.pedshub.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clinical Tools</a>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/LoginCaptcha.test.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/LoginCaptcha.test.jsx
index a6db1c7..76a2bbe 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/LoginCaptcha.test.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/LoginCaptcha.test.jsx
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ it('logs in on the standalone page without rendering, loading or submitting a ca
   expect(document.getElementById('cap-widget-script')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
 })
 
-it('leaves the landing login free of a challenge while the contact widget stays', async () => {
+it('leaves the landing login free of a challenge', async () => {
   mount(LandingPage)
-  // One on the page already: the contact form's.
-  expect(document.querySelectorAll('cap-widget')).toHaveLength(1)
+  // None on the page: the contact form that used to carry one is gone, and
+  // signing in has never needed a challenge — the rate limiter is what stands
+  // between a password field and a word list.
+  expect(document.querySelectorAll('cap-widget')).toHaveLength(0)
   await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open login' }))
-  expect(document.querySelectorAll('cap-widget')).toHaveLength(1)
+  expect(document.querySelectorAll('cap-widget')).toHaveLength(0)
   await submitLogin()
 })
 
@@ -58,11 +60,10 @@ it('keeps registration protected on the landing page', async () => {
   mount(LandingPage)
   await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open registration' }))
   const widgets = document.querySelectorAll('cap-widget')
-  expect(widgets).toHaveLength(2)
+  // One now, not two: registration's. The contact form's went with the form.
+  expect(widgets).toHaveLength(1)
   const signup = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign Up', exact: true })
   expect(signup).toBeDisabled()
-  // Solve whichever is the registration form's rather than guessing where it
-  // lands in the document; the contact one ignores a token it did not ask for.
   act(() => widgets.forEach(w => w.dispatchEvent(
     new CustomEvent('solve', { detail: { token: 'synthetic-valid-token' } }))))
   // Still not enough: the password has to be typed twice and agree.