Viruses until they reach their plateau of course.

Well yeah their whole business model is convincing investors that logistic functions and exponentials are the same thing, actually.

The rats I hang out with know the difference between exponential and logistic just fine.

Hmm.

Not sure if it matters, but I'd note logistic curves can be hard to distinguish from an exponential for long enough that the difference isn't always very consequential — a nuke exploding doesn't keep doubling in power every few microseconds forever, but for enough doubling periods that cities still get flattened.